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Re: HTTP response version, again

From: M. Hedlund <hedlund@best.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:56:27 -0800 (PST)
To: Dave Kristol <dmk@research.bell-labs.com>
Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <Pine.SGI.3.95.961220144947.4054A-100000@shellx.best.com>
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On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Dave Kristol wrote:
> I still consider the question unresolved as to what version an HTTP/1.x
> server should return for an HTTP/1.0 request.
[...]
> Case 1 (return HTTP/1.0 to HTTP/1.0 request):
> Case 2 (return HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/1.0 request):

I agree with Dave that Case 1 is preferable.  AOL's proxies apparently
started giving users errors this week when a new version of Apache was
released, which responded to 1.0 requests with 1.1 responses (Case 2).  
While this instance will likely be fixed next week, it does indicate how an
HTTP/1.0 client can be confused by an HTTP/1.1 response.

Marc Hedlund <hedlund@best.com>
Received on Friday, 20 December 1996 15:02:07 UTC

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