looking for terminology recommendations concerning non-rooted FQDNs

Sat Feb 23 13:14:57 UTC 2013

In message <97006e8c-d3bd-4ced-b814-fc880130fbe1 at email.android.com>, Jay Ashwor
th writes:
> So, should browsers send absolute host names in http/1.1 requests, and should
> n't servers strip the trailing dot if they get one?
> 
> I vote No and Yes, resp.

Yes.  Note that doesn't mean with a trailing period.  Browsers should also
disable searches when following urls not entered in the entry bar.

> Brian Reichert <reichert at numachi.com> wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 05:21:02PM -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> >> In short, "yes, Jay, I do".  Got it.  :-)
> >
> >:)
> >
> >> You saw Joe's second reply?
> >
> >Apparently, I lost track of that while writing this up. :)
> >
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> >Brian Reichert				<reichert at numachi.com>
> >BSD admin/developer at large	
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