  Re: 305/306 response codes  From: Scott Lawrence
<lawrence@agranat.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:37:28 -0400
Message-Id: <199706101637.MAA01772@devnix.agranat.com> To: Josh
Cohen <josh@netscape.com> Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com  >>>>>
"JC" == Josh Cohen <josh@netscape.com> writes:  JC> * URL
transformation for scope. JC>   reversing the domain name is
unlike most other formats. JC>   The benefit here is it
expresses the correct order JC>   of diminishing significance,
and allows a simple memcmp() JC>   in implementation. JC>
Alternatively, to acheiv eht same functionality we'd need JC>
to allow wildcards, ie *.ups.com, which is a non-trivial JC>
comparision, which can be costly.    How does this work when the
host part is specified as a dotted-quad   IP address:  JC> *
OPTIONS method to detect this feature. JC>   Im not sure if this
is the right way to do this. JC>   Maybe feature negotiation
instead?  JC>  1.3 506 Redirection Failed  JC>    The 506
response is returned when a redirection fails or i