Re: Semantics of HTTPS

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

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> https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.html#https.uri>
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> We currently talk about HTTPS' impact on caches and identity there, but we
> don't mention one other major effect on HTTP -- the use of CONNECT to
> proxies.
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> I think we need to define HTTPS as having a semantic of *end-to-end* use
> of SSL/TLS, and therefore CONNECT to proxies.
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+1.  I don't think we can take away https' end-to-end properties
retroactively.

Mike


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> Mark Nottingham
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