- From: Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:39:58 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: httpbis <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > On 19.08.2010 19:29, Adam Barth wrote: >>> Question for clarification: what kind of unsafe methods would you expect >>> that unit to make? >> >> POST requests, e.g., to send traffic data to the server. > > So, in this use case, why does the redirect happen in the first place? > Server handling the traffic data moved? There are any number of reasons the traffic server might return a redirect. For example, suppose the main traffic server is overloaded and wants to offload the processing of this request to another server (say in a different datacenter) temporarily. Even though the in-car navigation unit has a user interface, it's definitely wrong to make the user confirm this redirect. The user is busy driving! Adam
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