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Netprog 2002  -  HTTP
URI Usage
•When dealing with a HTTP 1.1 server, only a path is used (no scheme or hostname).
–HTTP 1.1 servers are required to be capable of handling an absolute URI, but there are still some out there that won’t…
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•When dealing with a proxy HTTP server, an absolute URI is used.
–client has to tell the proxy where to get the document!
–more on proxy servers in a bit….