From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Sep  8 13:39:23 2014
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0D96C2F
 for <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>; Mon,  8 Sep 2014 13:39:23 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from land.berklix.org (land.berklix.org [144.76.10.75])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
 (Client did not present a certificate)
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 793C11DB8
 for <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>; Mon,  8 Sep 2014 13:39:23 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBE65F.dip0.t-ipconnect.de
 [93.203.230.95]) (authenticated bits=128)
 by land.berklix.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s88Daqrq032975;
 Mon, 8 Sep 2014 13:36:53 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com)
Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41])
 by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s88DdB3P085204;
 Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:39:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com)
Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s88DcY7Q018096;
 Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:38:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com)
Message-Id: <201409081338.s88DcY7Q018096@fire.js.berklix.net>
To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Subject: Re: Improving /etc/motd and ANSI
From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultants, Munich Germany
User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/
X-URL: http://www.berklix.com
In-reply-to: Your message "Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:16:47 +0200."
 <86ioky1hwg.fsf@nine.des.no>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:38:34 +0200
Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture <freebsd-arch.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-arch>,
 <mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch>,
 <mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:39:24 -0000

=?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote:
> Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> writes:
> > One comment on this.. you can use convenience urls:
> >  http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/
> >  http://www.freebsd.org/faq/
> 
> You can even drop the www in front...

Best keep www. prepended :

A decade or so back I noticed http://freebsd.org answered as well
as http://www.freebsd.org & so I started dropping the www, but
webmaster@ corrected me, pointing out some of the freebsd host[s]
answering the DNS A record for the cluster might then or in future
not be served by httpd.

( Similarly, I'm gradually restoring the www. prefix I previously
stripped off some of my own
  http://www.berklix.com URLs, as I've realised there may be times
  when I want browsers to access only the www DNS A rec. httpd
  served subset of my berklix.com cluster  (eg when I'm reconfiguring/
  upgrading one host etc) )

I believe though some browsers automatically prepend a www. [if original
URL first fails?] but some do not prepend www.

Cheers,
Julian
-- 
Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com
		Interleave replies Below, like a play script.