Re: draft-ietf-httpbis-replay-03, "5.1. The Early-Data Header Field"

• From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
• Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 07:00:51 +0200
• To: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
• Cc: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, Kazuho Oku <kazuhooku@gmail.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <20180512050051.GC20141@1wt.eu>

On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 10:44:08AM +1000, Martin Thomson wrote:
> We're already saying this about invalid constructions:
> 
> The Early-Data header field carries a single bit of information and clients
> MUST include at most one instance. Multiple instances MUST be treated as
> equivalent to a single instance by a server.
> 
> Why not go all out?
> 
> Multiple or invalid instances of the header field MUST be treated as
> equivalent to a single instance with a value of 1 by a server.

That sounds perfect to me and allows us to extend it in the future if we
feel like we need it.

+1

Willy

Received on Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:01:21 UTC