Is ihttp a legitimate protocol?

Question

And if so, what does it do?

I've noticed it in some html written by a former co-worker (so I can't ask the author). I'd guess it was a typo, except that it's in a couple different places in a couple different templates, used as the source attribute for an image.

For example:

<IMG height="6" src="ihttp://www.ourdomain.com/images/f2f3f4.gif" width="5">

The top google results point to some sort of apache/php/mysql installer, but we're running IIS, so I can't imagine that that's related.

Answer 1

Typo. Nothing More.

No such protocol exists. What you are seeing is a classic design pattern called cut-and-paste. If I have to guess, I would say that i was previously the leading i in images/f2f3f4.gif.

Answer 2

Here is a deliberate use of ihttp:// -- http://blog.instapaper.com/post/1538890633

(I found this thread while googling how that was done. I haven't found the answer to that yet.)

Answer 3

its a typo AND a bug - lucky you!

Answer 4

ihttp is a new protocol being used mainly by Asp.net. It is for dynamic generation of web pages. Try looking at call stacks of asp.net as webpage is developed.