Re: Alt-Svc related Chromium bug report (proxy related)

I think that phrase probably needs to at least be modified to

"Proxies MUST NOT change or append Alt-Svc values."


On 1 Apr 2014, at 2:51 pm, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 31 March 2014 20:08, Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> wrote:
>> This is not "mis-advertising". The origin server producing the response
>> eminently *does* support that service.
>> 
>> I then draw your attention to draft-ietf-httpbis-alt-svc-00 section 3...
>> 
>> " Intermediaries MUST NOT change or append Alt-Svc values. "
>> 
>> There is no distinction regarding intermediary type(s), nor exemption
>> clauses. CDN is an intermediary just as much as any other.
> 
> 
> That would be fine, except for the fact that - in this case - it seems
> likely that the CDN is acting as an origin server that serves a copy
> of the content, not an intermediary.  The URI includes the domain name
> of the CDN.  Will, amirite?
> 

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