- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 12:31:37 -0700
- To: Joe Orton <joe@manyfish.co.uk>
- Cc: Henrik Nordström <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On May 14, 2010, at 3:11 AM, Joe Orton wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:52:24AM +0200, Henrik Nordström wrote: >> mån 2010-02-22 klockan 09:36 +0000 skrev Joe Orton: >> ' >>> Ah, I wasn't clear here: httpd/mod_proxy will, given a request >>> containing "Expect: 100-continue": >>> >>> 1) send the request including the Expect header to the next hop >>> 2) generate and send a "100 Continue" to the client >> >> 2 there is a clear violation. Intermediaries MUST NOT generate 1xx >> responses. > > I can't find that explicit requirement in 2616; am I missing it, or > should it simply be implied from the MUST requirement to forward Expect? There is no such requirement. Upgrade and 101 is hop-by-hop. A 100 message may be hop-by-hop if the intermediary has request storage capability -- requirements placed only on origin servers imply that all other servers are unconstrained, not that all other servers are MUST NOT. ....Roy
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