Re: heuristic for server names

Joe Laffey wrote:
>
> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Kendall Lister wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Joe Laffey wrote:
> >
> > > One of the most annoying this about squid to me is that I cannot simply
> > > type in "apple" or "microsoft" to get "www.apple.com" or
> > > "www.microsoft.com"
> >
> > Well, one doesn't usually type anything into Squid at all... So, is it
> > perhaps your web browser that is not allowing this feature?
> >
> > We run Lynx through Squid and can use this feature of Lynx without
> > problems.
>
> When using Netscape if you simply type in "apple" or "microsoft" it first
> tries to fetch "http://apple" or "http://microsoft" This request gets
> sent to Squid. Squid then tries to resolve it and fails returning a DNS
> error. MSIE seem to look up the host name first, then add www.*.com if the
> lookup fails. (Never requesting "http://apple") Lynx does the same thing.
> That is obviously superior behavior. However, the majority of users still
> use Netscape (I do NOT wan to start a browser war...) Therefore I'd like
> Squid to have a little intelligence when presented with a URL with no
> dots...

IMO, if it's got no dots, it's a local address or a typo. Either way, I
wouldn't want it looked up for me, since most times the algorithm would
guess wrong for me. That's why I disable this feature when I install a
browser.

D
Received on Fri Jun 11 1999 - 07:12:07 MDT