Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:58:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Hodges <rh@matriplex.com> To: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should URL's be pervasive. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10108310943310.81728-100000@mail.matriplex.com> In-Reply-To: <56710000.999257324@lobster.originative.co.uk>
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On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Paul Richards wrote: > A URI is a Universial Resource Indicator, it's not a web browser address. > > On the other hand, what exactly is http://www.ufp.org supposed to be useful > for when www.ufp.org is the same thing. Why not parse it literally? For instance, http://www.ufp.org would imply TCP, dest port 80, and host www.ufp.org. For ping, that would imply that I want to test the three-way handshake on whatever is listening on port 80 at www.ufp.org For traceroute, I want to send a series of TCP SYN packets to www.ufp.org, port 80 with increasing TTL values. Perhaps this would be a way to test connectivity to a service behind a firewall. Perhaps this would be just another DOS tool for lamers... For email, this would not make a lot of sense. Should my mailer try to connect to port 80 and start with "ehlo www.ufp.org"? After all, I *DID* use the http:// prefix... Using "ftp mailto://postmaster@ufp.org" could imply that I want to send a file to someone via email. On second thought, it looks like most Internet apps would have to be rewritten to understand this new functionality. > What would happen if I did mutt http://www.ufp.org ? In this case, mutt should do an HTTP request to port 80 at www.ufp.org, grab the home page, and put it in your inbox :-) <smirk> -Richard ------------------------------------------- Richard Hodges | Matriplex, inc. Product Manager | 769 Basque Way rh@matriplex.com | Carson City, NV 89706 775-886-6477 | www.matriplex.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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