Re: Alt-Svc #62: proxies

On 11 June 2015 at 08:54, Ryan Hamilton <rch@google.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure about this. Consider the case where a client is configured to
> use proxy.example.com for all request. The client wants to request
> https://www.service.com/. To do this, the browser connects to the proxy and
> issues a CONNECT request, resulting in a TLS handshake and an HTTP/2
> connection (via the proxy) to ww.service.com:443. Now, lets say that the
> client wants to request https://mail.service.com. Previously,
> mail.service.com advertised www.service.com:443 as an alternative service.
> Should not the client be able to use the existing (tunneled through the
> proxy) connection to www.service.com:443? The TLS connection *is* end-to-end
> in this case (though the underlying TPC connection is not).

Do we consider the proxy to be configured for the request or the connection?

I know that sophistry, but maybe it makes sense to invent that
distinction for this purpose.

Received on Thursday, 11 June 2015 20:45:17 UTC