- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:13:58 +1000
- To: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
I'm fine closing this with no action; IIRC the previous discussion was leaning towards removing the requirement. Others? Cheers, On 17/07/2009, at 9:53 AM, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > mån 2009-07-13 klockan 15:59 +1000 skrev Mark Nottingham: >> Catching up on a very old discussion: >> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/179 >> Currently, intermediaries MUST add the Via header; >> >> The Via general-header field MUST be used by gateways and proxies to >> indicate the intermediate protocols and recipients between the user >> agent and the server on requests, and between the origin server and >> the client on responses. >> >> This doesn't reflect current practice. > > But I don't see much need for action. Via is slowly gaining > acceptance. > >> When making this decision, it's worth noting that some HTTP >> mechanisms >> operate differently when a message sender knows that the entire path >> is HTTP/1.1, and the primary way of discovering this is the Via >> header. > > Correct. > > Regards > Henrik > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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