- From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:49:27 -0500 (EST)
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
[meta note: depite the best efforts of many sinister forces, I am now finally
back at UNC. I should have got one of those 'get out of bureaucracy
free' cards]
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Larry Masinter wrote:
> I think the short answer to "how to add new protocols to HTTP"
> is that "there isn't any way right now" and that if anyone
> has a serious proposal for how to do so and under what circumstances
> it would be a reasonable thing to do, they should write it up.
Techniques available:
1) try alternate protocol, and use it if it works. Cache result
of test.
2) Use DNS records to get info on which protocol to use.
3) Use Upgrade: header
4) Use invalid method to probe.
There's another one which I can't remember off the top of my head.
Simon
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