- From: Josh Cohen <joshco@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 02:12:26 -0800
- To: Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>, "'Scott Lawrence'" <lawrence@agranat.com>
- Cc: ietf-http-ext@w3.org
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Leach > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 1:51 PM > To: 'Scott Lawrence' > Cc: ietf-http-ext@w3.org > Subject: RE: First reactions to mandatory draft > > Yucch. But you're right. Are there actually any proxies that do reorder the > header fields? We could make it be a requirement (in the Mandatory draft) > that any proxy that reorders headers instead reject requests containing > Mandatory. Or, if there aren't any proxies today that reorder, we could > require that origin servers reject requests that have the prefixed headers > ahead of the declaration of the namespace. That should be lots easier than > the backtracking thing otherwise required. > Putting the requirement in the draft not to reorder the headers wont help existing proxies.. (they will happily ignore your requirement) > > Paul > >
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