- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:05:05 +1000
- To: Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org>
- Cc: The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Tommy Pauly <tpauly@apple.com>
Hi Lars, > On 24 Aug 2021, at 10:44 pm, Lars Eggert via Datatracker <noreply@ietf.org> wrote: > > Section 2. , paragraph 12, comment: >> When adding a value to the Proxy-Status field, intermediaries SHOULD >> preserve the existing members of the field, to allow debugging of the >> entire chain of intermediaries handling the request. > > I'm surprised this is not a MUST? Are there any valid reasons for not observing > order? As discussed previously, this is intentional; there are cases where it's desirable to remove it (e.g., when a CDN has several layers of intermediation, and doesn't want to expose internal details to clients). A subsequent edit highlighted this possibility. Cheers, -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/
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