- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@ebuilt.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:24:09 -0800
- To: Matt Lynch <Matt@stimulussolutions.com.au>
- Cc: "HTTP Working Group (E-mail)" <http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com>
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 11:06:13AM +1100, Matt Lynch wrote: > Apologies.. I have read a few sources, which showed the values as > constant. I've a few documents from different sources, which all listed > the same field values. > > >No, it can't. That is why it should never be implemented. > > We've got a proxy server on this network which uses the header > substantially. > > Does this mean that we should implement parsing of the header, but not > send the header? If we strip the header, do we still read it? If not, > what are we supposed to do? Strip it and throw it away. The only way to implement persistent connections with a proxy is with HTTP/1.1. If Proxy-Connection is received by a proxy that doesn't understand it but forwards it to another proxy which does try to implement it, the connection will hang on the response. ....Roy
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