Glynn Clements wrote:
> > No, it isn't a bug. It's the correct behaviour.
>
> Both RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2068 (HTTP/1.1) define an HTTP URL
> as:
> http_URL = "http:" "//" host [ ":" port ] [ abs_path ]
>
> host = <A legal Internet host domain name
> or IP address (in dotted-decimal form),
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> as defined by Section 2.1 of RFC 1123>
I don't understand why you say the above RFC quote justifies the
behavior. "in dotted-decimal form" means a.b.c.d,, not a single 32-bit
number. The quote does NOT mention "or IP address (in 32-bit decimal
form)" or something like that. Am I misinterpreting your statements or
the RFC?
Just for kicks, I wrote a little cgi script to convert a.b.c.d or
hostname to the decimal equivalent. I assume everyone on the list
understands the principle, if not the math, behind a.b.c.d -> 32-bit
decimal number
To convert my machine name, try
http://kramer.ne.mediaone.net/cgi-bin/aton.cgi/24.128.125.14
or
http://kramer.ne.mediaone.net/cgi-bin/aton.cgi/kramer.ne.mediaone.net
They will both print the number 411073806. If you try (I used Netscape)
http://411073806
you will get my home page just as if you typed
http://kramer.ne.mediaone.net
I'll prolly delete this script in a few weeks, so try it soon, or not.
Have fun.
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