- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:13:47 -0700
- To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Jun 16, 2009, at 4:47 PM, David Morris wrote: > I would note that in a proxy request, the host header is redundant. My > recollection was that host would only be required for direct origin > server requests. It is not redundant because the Host will be passed through by an old 1.0 proxy that did not know (at the time) about Host. > I would have objected loudly if I had noticed this as a requirement > when the host header was introduced. > > I don't have time to play RFC lawyer, but if this is the actual > requirement, we should consider relaxing it for HTTPbis's output. The requirement was imposed by the IESG via the apps area AD at that time. ....Roy
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