Re: Encryption simplification

You can log an issue here:
  https://github.com/httpwg/http11bis/issues
to remind us to say something about it in the next revision.

Cheers,


> On 31 Oct. 2016, at 5:18 am, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
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> In message <CABkgnnWVB3mnkGn9OmvgmLU7yDww40OQ_0pp_HeNdziqGYA0og@mail.gmail.com>, Martin Thoms
> on writes:
> 
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>> The main assertion that this assumes is this: content codings should
>> be self-descriptive.
> 
> I think this is the right way to go.  When we discussed this, I had
> to twist my brain silly to come up with examples, and they were all
> clearly strawmen.
> 
> I wish we had a pool of "HTTP design principles" somewhere we could
> add decisions like this to, for future reference.
> 
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> 

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Received on Monday, 31 October 2016 23:14:36 UTC