- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@bell-labs.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:02:46 -0500
- To: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Jeffrey Mogul wrote: > > Koen Holtman wrote: > > > - Section 13.10: > > > > This section introduces a new (as far as I can see) requirement: > > > > # A cache that passes through requests for methods it does not understand > > # should invalidate any entities referred to by the Request-URI. > But I'm not sure what the problem is; my understanding is that > the whole point of creating the M-GET method is to prevent > "proxies that do not understand the method" from forwarding it. > I.e., they are supposed to return 501 (Not Implemented) or act > as a tunnel (i.e., not cache anything). > > So any caching proxy that does forward M-GET does "understand" it, and > isn't covered by the requirement that Koen objects to. Well I'm confused (but you knew that already)! Section 13.10 says a cache *can* pass through a method it doesn't understand. But Jeff says M-GET is meant to prevent the forwarding. Seems like a contradiction to me. Dave Kristol
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