- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:10:37 +1100
- To: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: Robert Siemer <Robert.Siemer-httpwg@backsla.sh>, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Is it worth strengthening this language? On 29/11/2007, at 10:58 AM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > 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 > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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