Re: Alt-Svc related Chromium bug report (proxy related)

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 31 March 2014 20:08, Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> > This is not "mis-advertising". The origin server producing the response
> > eminently *does* support that service.
> >
> > I then draw your attention to draft-ietf-httpbis-alt-svc-00 section 3...
> >
> >  " Intermediaries MUST NOT change or append Alt-Svc values. "
> >
> > There is no distinction regarding intermediary type(s), nor exemption
> > clauses. CDN is an intermediary just as much as any other.
>
>
> That would be fine, except for the fact that - in this case - it seems
> likely that the CDN is acting as an origin server that serves a copy
> of the content, not an intermediary.  The URI includes the domain name
> of the CDN.  Will, amirite?
>
>
Correct.