- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:59:14 +0100
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 12.12.2023 15:12, Mark Thomas wrote: > Hi all, > > A (hopefully) quick question. > > In RFC 9112, section it states that: > > "If the target URI includes an authority component, then a client MUST > send a field value for Host that is identical to that authority > component..." > > Given that host is case insensitive, is the intention that "identical" > in the text above means "identical, ignoring differences in case"? > > I can't think of any reason why this particular check needs to be case > sensitive but wanted to check in case I was missing something. > ... The text seems to lack clarity here. Are you concerned about client requirements, or do you want to add strict checks to a server? Best regards, Julian
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