Re: Interop issue: how can clients force authentication?

On Thursday, 09/19/2002 at 02:27 MST, Ilya Kirnos wrote:
> the fact that this may already work with some implementations is a plus.
on
> the other hand it would pretty much be a hack.  when i see something like
> If: ("a" Not "a"), client authentication is not exactly the first thing
that
> comes to mind.  a new header would make this idea very explicit and
probably
> less prone to implementation errors.  however, i'd like to see this
feature
> implemented in some shape or form, so if there's consensus on the If
header,
> it'd be fine with me.

I'd like to see two things...

1) A clear problem statement with scenarios
2) A clear statement of the/this proposal

Thanks guys

J.