Re: draft-ietf-tls-http-upgrade reissued

Julien Pierre wrote:

> John Stracke wrote:
>
> > Just because a client always asks to upgrade doesn't mean the server has to obey.
>
> So how does that make the draft useful if the upgrade is never allowed ?

Who said never?

A client that wants to use the draft can ask for an upgrade on every HTTP request.
Servers that aren't willing to spend cycles on TLS for a particular request can just
ignore the Upgrade: header.

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Received on Friday, 5 May 2000 08:27:51 UTC