Re: #550 handling mismatches between socket connection and host header field

* Julian Reschke wrote:
>During IESG review, Ted Lemon came up with this interesting DISCUSS 
>(<http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/550>):

>I (telnet-)tested this with various servers, and they don't seem to 
>bother checking the port number.
>
>So we could clarify that this request is invalid, but I'm not sure we 
>can add a normative requirement to fail the request.

It seems it would also be possible to say the actual port connected to
takes precedence (where applicable). Would that cause any problems?
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Received on Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:01:20 UTC