Re: #288: Considering messages in isolation

On 22/06/2011 1:43 p.m., Mark Nottingham wrote:
> Proposal for<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/288>:
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> Add to new message orientation section (see #283) or just to 2.2 Client/Server? messaging:
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> Recipients MUST consider every message in a connection in isolation; because HTTP is a stateless protocol, it cannot be assumed that two requests on the same connection are from the same client or share any other common attributes.
over TCP/IP this isn't true, since by definition being on the same 
connection means having the same peer, and therefore sharing the same 
client IP:port, and (in practice) credentials.

Or do you mean by common attributes only aspects encapsulated in an HTTP 
request message itself (e.g. things learned from headers etc)?

Regards

Adrien

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Received on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 09:15:41 UTC