- From: Voronkov Konstantin <beowinkle@mailru.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:57:22 +0300
- To: "Mark Nottingham" <mnot@mnot.net>
- Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Thanks a lot for your notice. I did that mistake by inattention. Best Regards, Voronkov Konstantin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Nottingham" <mnot@mnot.net> To: "Voronkov Konstantin" <beowinkle@mailru.com> Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:54 PM Subject: Re: HTTP MIME types question > In both cases, that should be: > > Cache-Control: no-transform > > Regards, > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Voronkov Konstantin" <beowinkle@mailru.com> > To: "Alex Rousskov" <rousskov@measurement-factory.com> > Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:08 AM > Subject: Re: HTTP MIME types question > > > > > > Alex, thanks for help. > > > > My application sends binary data so I decided > > to use for POST data posting > > "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" > > For preventing data modifying by proxies I decided to use no-transform > > directive. > > For requests > > "Cache-request-directive: no-transform" > > And for responses > > "Cache-response-directive: no-transform" > > > > Best Regards, > > Konstantin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alex Rousskov" <rousskov@measurement-factory.com> > > To: "Voronkov Konstantin" <beowinkle@mailru.com> > > Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org> > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:07 PM > > Subject: Re: HTTP MIME types question > > > > > > > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Voronkov Konstantin wrote: > > > > > > > I have a question about HTTP MIME types. Our company created > > > > application which uses HTTP protocol for communications. What is the > > > > best MIME type to use? > > > > > > Depends on the kind of content your application is transmitting as > > > HTTP payload. Usually, one of the registered MIME types fits well > > > enough. If not, you can use (and register) your own type. Here is what > > > Section 3.7 of RFC 2616 has to say: > > > > > > Media-type values are registered with the Internet Assigned Number > > > Authority (IANA [19]). The media type registration process is > > > outlined in RFC 1590 [17]. Use of non-registered media types is > > > discouraged. > > > > > > You may want to read Section 14.17 of the same RFC as well. > > > > > > > Can any proxy change content (e.g. for security reasons) if I use no > > > > HTTP MIME type? > > > > > > Some proxies might. Proxies are known to guess content type by URL > > > extensions and other methods. > > > > > > > Some of proxy servers can try to cut banners, remove sounds and so > > > > on. How can I avoid this? > > > > > > There may be several ways, depending on your environment. What are > > > you sending (HTML, text, opaque bytes)? Who is the client (browser, > > > custom plugin, applet)? Do you control your clients? In general, using > > > the no-transform cache-control directive may be a good start (see > > > section 14.9.5 No-Transform Directive). > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > Alex. > > > > > > -- > > > | HTTP performance - Web Polygraph > benchmark > > > www.measurement-factory.com | HTTP compliance+ - Co-Advisor test suite > > > | all of the above - PolyBox appliance > > > > > > > > > >
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