Re: draft-yevstifeyev-http-headers-not-recognized-01.txt

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>wrote:

> On 23.11.2010 10:16, Mykyta Yevstifeyev wrote:
>
>> ...
>>
>> If a server sends 4xx code, it stops procesing the request.
>> Generally unrecognized headers are not critical - all
>> 'vital' headers MUST be supported by servers. If a client receives
>> such a response, it SHOULD avoid sending requests
>> with mentioned headers while server MUST cntinue processing
>> the request.
>> ...
>>
>
> *Why* "SHOULD" it avoid sending those? What's the problem you're trying to
> solve? Wasted bits? It would be helpful to understan
>
>
Also I'm afraid we'd end up with a ping/pong game where clients would likely
dismiss the new status code anyway as servers ignore currently headers they
don't understand.

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Received on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 10:38:12 UTC