Re: Shared IP's via HTTP_HOST (new standard?)

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From: Mike Albaugh
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:00

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G. Herrmannsfeldt (gah@u.washington.edu) wrote:

: Netscape 2.x and IE 3.x?  Well, I have tried a frame-less browser, and many
: sites don't allow that.  They just say sorry, and supply links to download
: a new one.
[...]

: OK, you make a base host that displays a page with links to all
: the virtual hosts, to be displayed by clients without the host header.
: In this page you also include links to download a newer browser.
: (You can even check the header, so you only recommend a new version of
: the same browser.)  

	Um, am I really the only one reading this who has a problem
with downloading J. Random Software on the say-so of a web-site so
"non substantial" that they can't even be bothered to get a valid
IP address? Should I also let anybody who claims to be representing
a commercial enterprise into my home, and hand him/her all the keys?

	I suppose that in a world that accepts ActiveX, I shouldn't
be surprised that some folks will do exactly that, but to take the
approach "Hey, anybody who visits my web page had better damn well
be prepared to turn his/her computer over to me" seems extreme, IMHO...

					Mike
| albaugh@agames.com, speaking only for myself

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From: albaugh@agames.com (Mike Albaugh)
Subject: Re: Shared IP's via HTTP_HOST (new standard?)
Date: 1998/03/24
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