Re: to www or not?

Hello Ellen, HWG:

Its a security issue mostly, depending on how the server
is setup they will only accept WWW as the leading address
to prevent tampering with stuff.

- Jb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ellen Cotton" <jellenc(at)ionet.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 9:34 AM
Subject: to www or not?


> I have yet to see a discussion on the use of www. in a url address. It
> seems
> that more and more urls do not require the addition of the "www." in the
> 
> address. Somewhere I read that it was a server issue, but then someone
> told
> me that it was a browser issue. I tend to believe that it is how the
> server is
> setup, on whether one needs to use it or not. One example of where it is
> 
> needed (or the last time I checked) is on www.adobe.com....which of
> course
> everyone knows, is a major, major software company. Why would a few
> companies still have their servers setup to need  the www. portion of an
> address.
> Seems like it would be a logical move to eliminate it?....anyone know
> more about
> how this works? ......Ellen
> 

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