- From: Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:34:18 +0000
- To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
- CC: Ilya Grigorik <ilya@igvita.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 01/11/2013 08:24 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > -------- > >> The problem you have IMO is that you're posing a requirement >> that's beyond the state of the art at least. > > There is nothing "state of the art" about mixing p2p and e2e > trust and security, PTT's and banks have been doing it for > centuries. Feel free to post details. I at least don't know what you mean. (I'm also not aware of how 16th century PTT's operated to be honest. RFC 1149 perhaps?:-) > The problem the HTTPbis effort has, is that it's trying to > improve on one of the worlds most popular and used protocols[1]. > > Addressing some of its actual user-perceived shortcomings would > be a very smart move from a marketing point of view. Yes, but this isn't a marketing exercise. If you're moving from impossible-to-meet requirements towards marketing, may I suggest you're heading in the wrong direction? S. > > Poul-Henning > > > [1] Yes, I'm lumping HTTP and HTTPS here, and that is administratively > wrong in IETF, but very common in the rest of the world. >
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