On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 12:56:37PM -0800, Rod Roark wrote: > Well I know the web browser transmits the hostname that you > requested along with the rest of the URL. This is required > in order for name-based virtual hosting to work. > > So it appears your browser does not fill in a missing domain > in the passed hostname. Whether it should, I'm not sure. > You might try some different browsers and see if they do it.
If it does, that behavior is broken and non-standard. The URL http://my (your example) should resolve to the machine 'my' in the local network. This might be 'my.internal' if you have a private network called internal, or 'my.ucdavis.edu' if your search domain (configured in /etc/resolv.conf) is ucdavis.edu. I have often been annoyed by web browsers that automatically convert single-name URLs into www.{name}.com form, without even checking for the existance of a machine {name} first. Lynx gets it right, checking first, then trying name expansions. Konqueror does not. Why don't you see if lynx behaves properly for you? -- Henry House The attached file is a digital signature. See <http://romana.hajhouse.org/pgp> for information. My OpenPGP key: <http://romana.hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>.
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