- From: Eric W. Sink <eric@rafiki.spyglass.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 08:29:47 -6
- To: Dave Kristol <dmk@allegra.att.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> Is the Keep-Alive header mandatory or optional? That is, is the presence > of just > Connection: Keep-Alive > sufficient? I believe it should be optional. Our client, for example, ignores it entirely, since it doesn't seem to be interested in the max and timeout keywords. > I argue, therefore, that the Keep-Alive header conveys no useful > information and ought to be dropped. While agreeing with the rest of your message, I disagree here. Providing a place for these kinds of parameters is the right idea since we *will* run across a need for one, and that kind of information should stay out of the Connection header itself. Eric W. Sink eric@spyglass.com http://www.spyglass.com/~eric/
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