- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:32:11 +1100
- To: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
I think that phrase probably needs to at least be modified to "Proxies MUST NOT change or append Alt-Svc values." On 1 Apr 2014, at 2:51 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? > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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