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Article #15440Re: Shared IP's via HTTP_HOST (new standard?)
From: Matt Dillon
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:00
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It should be noted that HTTP/1.1 *requires* the Host: header... you can't
send an HTTP/1.1 request without it or the WWW server will return an
error.
This doesn't prevent HTTP/1.0 from sending a Host: header, and in fact
most 1.0 browsers *do* send it. Unfortunately, there are still a
significant number that do not, too many to tell them to go take
a running leap.
Frankly, I think HTTP/1.1 is a good thing, and not just because it
requires the Host: header. It fixes the persistent connection / proxy
caching problem that HTTP/1.0 requests have, and that's major. HTTP/1.0
proxies can't do persistent connections reliably. It's disappointing
that browsers are slow to move to the new standard (which isn't so new
at this point!).
-Matt
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