- From: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:53:49 +0200
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
mån 2009-07-13 klockan 15:59 +1000 skrev Mark Nottingham: > Catching up on a very old discussion: > http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/179 > Currently, intermediaries MUST add the Via header; > > The Via general-header field MUST be used by gateways and proxies to > indicate the intermediate protocols and recipients between the user > agent and the server on requests, and between the origin server and > the client on responses. > > This doesn't reflect current practice. But I don't see much need for action. Via is slowly gaining acceptance. > When making this decision, it's worth noting that some HTTP mechanisms > operate differently when a message sender knows that the entire path > is HTTP/1.1, and the primary way of discovering this is the Via header. Correct. Regards Henrik
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