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Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:27:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > What you've cited above doesn't have anything to do with the choice of
> > server technologies, much less with the choice or non-choice of MS. That
> > page comes up because I specifically added a URL handler for that type of
> > URL, and it would be there whether the server was running Apache or IIS
> > or anything.
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> Not quite true...
You mean there are webservers that don't automatically forward trailing-
slashless URLs to trailing-slashed URLs by default, and have a configurable
error page?
> > As an aside, I do understand that the above error message can be an
> > annoyance for people who like to play lazy games with URLs, and
> > subsequently it's likely that I'll be adding some additional smarts to
> > silently auto-forward to a slashed URL if the slashed URL form exists and
> > the HTTP referrer header is undefined.
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> NES/iWS do this automagically.
I thought basically all webservers did that automatically. That's why I had
to specifically add something to stop it from happening.
--Todd
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) But why? Is there a load on the server which makes trailing slashless URLs incredibly inefficient? I find that what is in place to stop those slashless URLs from being forwarded is quite a significant irritation (and others have told me that (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
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| (...) But as Larry has argued before, whether YOU think you are in the right or not, you are going counterintuitive to the vast majority of the Internet. There ARE times where you should just get off the high horse and do something for the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
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| (...) Not quite true... (...) NES/iWS do this automagically. -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | iPlanet Support - (URL) A division of AOL Time Warner | Please do not associate my personal views with (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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