- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 12:16:13 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: "David W. Morris" <dwm@xpasc.com>
- Cc: frystyk@w3.org, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com, jg@w3.org
David W. Morris: > > >On Mon, 11 May 1998, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen wrote: > >> I think there is one situation that 504 doesn't cover and that is if the >> proxy doesn't *want* to proxy a certain URI, maybe because it can't > >I continue to disagree ... there is a distinct difference from the >perspective of recovery whether the DNS consulted by proxy is unable >to resolve the host name or whether the host fails to respond. Hiding >all failures under a single code does nothing for usability or >perceived reliability. I agree with David that these two errors are different and should have different codes. To inject some current practice into this debate: I just tested two different proxy servers and both return a 500 with an explanatory response body when the URL does not have a DNS entry. Koen.
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