- From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:56:58 +0100
- To: Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com>
- Cc: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 03:49:35PM +0100, Eliot Lear wrote: > > On 2/22/13 3:43 PM, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > I'm well aware of this one, but it's already covered by devices installed > > in place at providers, and would be much better handled by having an > > explicit proxy configured (to save a DNS lookup and optimize connection > > reuse) than just relying on the magic we need to detect the rest of the > > world's compatibility. > > Just to be clear, you're encouraging not explicit configuration of a > proxy by an end user but a DHCP option. Right? This can be an option, probably that mobile devices sold by the operator could be pre-configured, I have no idea. I'm just talking about protocol efficiency here, not about who is supposed to do his work :-) Willy
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