Re: New document on "Simple hit-metering for HTTP"

From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 17:56:44 -0700
To: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <9608141756.aa03108@paris.ics.uci.edu>

HEAD is not a NOOP, OPTIONS is.  What is the rationale for
using HEAD to relay the final count instead of OPTIONS?
Does it make a difference when going through old proxies?

....Roy [just curious]

Received on Wednesday, 14 August 1996 18:12:31 UTC