Re: The first settings from Martin Thomson on 2014-02-24 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from January to March 2014)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:19:15 -0800
To: Kazu Yamamoto <kazu@iij.ad.jp>
Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnXr+8pp=vaq8yNqjyMRJRwG07MT1TT4gNhe10z=zV4mYA@mail.gmail.com>

On 23 February 2014 18:40, Kazu Yamamoto <kazu@iij.ad.jp> wrote:
> draft-ietf-httpbis-http2-10 says that SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS
> and SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE are MUST for Upgrade.

They are MUST for HTTP2-Settings, which only appears in Upgrade.  This
is to address an imbalance in Upgrade where the server potentially
sends data first.  Having client settings available means that the
server is always the one that has to deal with unknown client
settings, regardless of how the protocol starts.

Received on Monday, 24 February 2014 06:19:42 UTC