On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 06:07:17PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> the meaning of the url:
> 
> IP - 3573468885 (212.254.206.213)
> Address inside the URL - original.html
> it also mentions that you should login. The user is www.microsoft.com. I 
> am not sure what the "item=linux" part is all about. I think it is 
> considered part of the username. IIRC, password is specified using a 
> different method.

it's a part of the username, imho. see
http://www.w3.org/Addressing/rfc1738.txt, section 3.1. 

> The reason, I believe, that squid chokes on it is that it fails to DNS 
> resolve 3573468885.

calling gethostbyname() on such an address is perfectly valid, i wonder
if/why squid doesn't do it.

[mulix@cider mulix]$ python -c "import socket; print 
socket.gethostbyaddr('3573468885')"
('secure.socket.ch', [], ['212.254.206.213'])

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