- From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:22:23 -0600
- To: Serkant Karaca <skaraca@internetteyim.net>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 22:46 +0300, Serkant Karaca wrote: > OK, I too, am confused about why proxies MUST NOT establish > persistent connections with 1.0 clients. If the client and > origin server connections are handled separately, and if the > proxy understands the 1.0 Keep-alive, what's the danger? The RFC 2616 text you are looking at is probably talking about establishing *HTTP/1.1-style* persistent connections with HTTP/1.0 clients. In other words, proxies MUST NOT use HTTP/1.1 connection mechanisms when talking to HTTP/1.0 clients. As the reference to RFC 2068 may imply, it is fine for a proxy to use appropriate HTTP/1.0 mechanisms with an HTTP/1.0 client. Alex. > > 8.1.3 Proxy Servers > > > > It is especially important that proxies correctly implement > > the properties of the Connection header field as specified in > 14.2.1. > > The proxy server MUST signal persistent connections > > separately with its clients and the origin servers (or other > > proxy servers) that it connects to. Each persistent > > connection applies to only one transport link. > > > > A proxy server MUST NOT establish a persistent connection > > with an HTTP/1.0 client (but see RFC 2068 for information > > about the Keep-Alive header implemented by many HTTP/1.0 clients). > > Serkant KARACA > Senior Software Engineer > Ankara/Turkey > http://emrealtug.blogspot.com > >
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