- From: Frank Tobin <ftobin@neverending.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:01:22 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Fastpitch Central - Bill, on 2002-04-15, wrote: > <base href="http://www.mycompany.com" dotnum="208.239.76.34" /> > When DNS fails the dotnum is attempted. If the dotnum is still valid > the <BASE> tag acts as its own DNS and the web page should still be > displayed despite the DNS error. It's not smart to have the content layer start making up ad-hoc solutions for problems in the code/protocol layer. Furthermore, how would a client even receive the page that has this information in it, if it's not addressable with an A record? Catch 22. -- Frank Tobin http://www.neverending.org/~ftobin/
Received on Thursday, 18 April 2002 14:01:42 UTC