Re: Proxies (includes call for adopting new work item, call for input) from Martin Thomson on 2014-06-20 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from April to June 2014)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:59:05 -0700
To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Nilsson <nilsson@opera.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnU7wz7Ucg-H9uf9PpjMEFXnYMN+AQ_=p6vvtiKy9sVzuw@mail.gmail.com>

On 20 June 2014 08:06, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
> Finally, there are cases where part of the UA functionality is moved into
> the network, such as in Opera mini - do we consider that as "proxying" as
> well (methinks yes, because it shares most of the considerations of
> classical proxies).

I don't tend to think of this as a proxy at all.  Split UA is the term
I've used casually with respect to Opera mini, Silk and others.
Really, this is just a software deployment choice.

Received on Friday, 20 June 2014 16:59:40 UTC