On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 08:54:41PM +0100, Christian Kratzer wrote: Hi,
I understand also your concern to push http 1.1, but you _can't_ sell the virtual web hosting without a fixed IP. The percentage of non http 1.1 compliant browser is just too high for a business customer to accept that is vanity name will not be seen by those.
The point is not having a http1.1 compliant browser. The point is that the browser sends the http "Host:" header which the absolute majority of browsers already do. This has nothing to do with http1.1
I can only agree. We run several ten thousands of name based virtual web servers, mostly "private" homepages but also a significant percentage of business customers. There hasn't been a single complaint that you cannot access those sites with an ancient browser, mostly because you need a slightly recent browser anyway to use 'modern' features like tables or forms :) Regards, -- i.A. Michael van Elst / phone: +49 721 6635 330 Xlink - Network Information Centre \/ fax: +49 721 6635 349 Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3 /\ link http://nic.xlink.net/ D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany /_______ email: hostmaster@xlink.net [ Xlink Internet Consulting GmbH, Sitz Koeln ] [ Amtsgericht Koeln HRB 3526, Geschaeftsfuehrer: Michael Rotert ]