- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:02:38 +0200
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
* Roy T. Fielding wrote: >4xx indicates an error by the user or user agent. I don't see >any reason (aside from literary) that would justify using a 4xx >code for this. 5xx is typically used for non-authoritative >responses or server-imposed limitations -- a status that might >be different if the user agent chose a different intermediary >or tried again later. Hence, 5xx makes more sense here. In the interest of possibly improving the status code definitions and avoiding future debates like this, could you say how 403 For- bidden fits into this? It's a server-imposed limitation and not an error by the user or user agent. Link suffices if I missed useful arguments or admissions on the matter. -- Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de 25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/
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