absolute URI clarification
Richard Gray (rlgray@us.ibm.com)
Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:24:21 -0500
I am having some problems in finding appropriate documentation on how the HTTP
1.1 MUST requirement for absolute URI is implemented when using secure sockets
layer (SSL).
The question is what I should expect as an origin server in the absolute URL.
The href in the HTML document the origin server sends to the browser would
typically have an https://hostname/path coded to indicate to the browser to use
SSL, but what is the absolute URL that the origin server would receive in this
case?
Is it:
...... http://hostname/path
or :
..... https://hostname/path
If the href were coded as http://hostname:443/path, it would be unambiguous.
If it is https that would be received, then I hope we can add such a comment
to the HTTP RFC, or else clarify that in the URL replacement RFC.
Thank You,
Richard Gray