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Re: lynx-dev URL Case Sensitivity in Crawler
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev URL Case Sensitivity in Crawler |
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Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:07:21 -0500 |
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On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 10:24:52AM -0800, Brian S Queen wrote:
> Version: 2.8.4
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> System: Linux Red Hat 2.2.19 SMP
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> Activity: lynx -traversal -noredir term=vt100 $url
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> Reproducible: Yes
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> Problem: Capitalization changes in the hostname of a URL make the URL
> acceptable when the URL should be rejected.
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> Solution: Force case insensitivity on the host part of the URL during URL
> comparison.
I understand that a pathname on a host is case-sensitive (usually).
But I'd thought hostnames were not. Anyone know the applicable RFC?
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