Something along the lines of http proxies may act as gateways for non-http URIs such as ftp:// or gopher:// translating http operations on such URIs to appropriate actions in their respective protocol. ----- Ursprungsmeddelande ----- > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010, Mark Nottingham wrote: > > > Is this (proxying other URI schemes through HTTP) worth making a > > little more explicit? The question of whether non-HTTP URI schemes > > are allowed in HTTP comes up from time to time. Other issues (e.g., > > what to do with the Host header) come up as well. > > As author of a tool that sends all sorts of URIs over HTTP proxies, I > must say that it would help to get the (lack of) documented support > better detailed. > > -- > > / daniel.haxx.seReceived on Thursday, 15 July 2010 15:22:17 GMT
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