- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:48:27 -0800
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Dec 16, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > "OPTIONS uri" is fine, "OPTIONS *" is a problem... No, it isn't. I have implemented it. Yes, it is a special case, but that's exactly why it was created -- to not look like a normal request, not increment hit counts, not be blindly forwarded, and not cause potentially expensive processing on the server. OPTIONS should be used whenever a NO-OP style of request is desired. ....Roy
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