Re: Question about proxies forwarding HTTP/1.0 responses from patrick mcmanus on 2004-05-27 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from April to June 2004)

From: patrick mcmanus <mcmanus@ducksong.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 12:38:54 -0400
To: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Cc: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>, HTTP working group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-Id: <1085675934.30078.4.camel@mcmanus.datapower.com>

> Does announcing HTTP/1.1 actually buy you anything at all?

It can get you chunked responses.. if the server is dynamically
generating the response your alternatives under HTTP/1.0 cost you either
  a] latency while the server buffers or
  b] the loss of a persistent connection

it's not much, but it is something.

Received on Thursday, 27 May 2004 12:39:02 UTC