Re: multipart, server-sent events, and

On Feb 19, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Robert Sayre wrote:

> On Feb 19, 2008 1:50 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
>>
>> Probably the appropriate forum to make this proposal would be the  
>> IETF
>> HTTP Working Group. I'll join the appropriate mailing list if others
>> are interested in pursuing it there. In advance of this, we could
>> agree by convention on an unofficial "Connection: x-pipeline" value  
>> to
>> see how well this proposal works in practice.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> It's a good idea, but some proxies forward hop-by-hop headers. :(
> See <http://www.mnot.net/blog/2007/06/20/proxy_caching>

That document mentions some proxies forwarding headers listed in  
"Connection", and some specific fixed hop-by-hop headers (Trailer, TE,  
Upgrade). But do any proxies actually forward the "Connection" header  
itself?

> FWIW, the next Firefox beta will have pipelining enabled for https. I
> won't be surprised if we hit bad bugs. Falling back to https in
> combination with your proposed connection token might be a fine idea.

That would certainly remove the risk of mistaken forwarding of the  
"Connection" header.

Regards,
Maciej