- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 97 09:25:10 EST
- To: mogul@pa.dec.com
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com> wrote: > [...] > A client should never receive a response whose version number is > higher than the one it implements, because a server is not supposed to > send a response whose version is higher than the one in the request, > and a client "MUST NOT send a version for which it is not at least > conditionally compliant." > [...] I *really* hope you meant to say "whose *major* version number...". Otherwise you're saying an HTTP/1.1 server should send an HTTP/1.0 response to an HTTP/1.0 client, which is how this issue got started in the first place, and which I don't think you meant. BTW, as the person who instigated the original flap, let me say I'm content with Jeff's (et al.) draft-ietf-http-versions-00.txt. Dave Kristol
Received on Tuesday, 4 March 1997 06:29:30 UTC