- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:41:30 +1100
- To: joi@google.com
- Cc: Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Hi Joi, I just noticed your draft <http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-sigurdsson-anti-ddos-http-throttling-00.txt> and had a quick look through it. One thing that stood out was your re-definition of the Retry-After HTTP header; modifying the semantics of an existing header is generally not a good idea (as doing so dilutes interop). If it does need changing, that needs to be done in consultation with the entire community, not unilaterally. I'd suggest you define a different header; if you really need to use Retry-After, please engage with the HTTPbis WG (CC:ed). Also, you'll need to register whatever headers you define; see RFC3864. Regards, -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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