- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:58:21 -0800
- To: Robert Siemer <Robert.Siemer-httpwg@backsla.sh>
- Cc: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On Nov 28, 2007, at 3:20 PM, Robert Siemer wrote: > I read the last sentence as "all other respones - defined in this > spec - do > include a message-body..." You read it wrong. The only possible way that a proxy can forward the response to a method it does not understand is if no method other than HEAD (for legacy reasons ONLY) is allowed to change the message delimiting rules. This applies to anything that uses or extends HTTP and will not be changed. As it happens, CONNECT can't be forwarded by proxies without having understood the method (because it uses a unique request format). That allows non-compliant behavior to be ignored, but it is still non-compliant. ....Roy
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