Ask HN: Should URL's be case insensitive?

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Should a URL string be case insensitive or does it actually matter?

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StackOverflow is typically a good place for this question. [1]

Most web servers on unix or linux the URL is case sensitive. IIS on windows the URL is not case sensitive. The domain name is not case sensitive.

https://tinyvpn.org/cs/

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[1] - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15641694/are-uris-case-i...

While the host part is case-insensitive, the path is case-sensitive on almost every website. In principle a website could choose to do a case-insensitive match, but I can't think of one that does.

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