- From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:44:55 +0100
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
- Message-ID: <20230130084455.6ede70c9@fabiankeil.de>
"Soni L." <fakedme+http@gmail.com> wrote on 2023-01-29 at 11:45:53:
> It would be appreciated if there were a slower HTTP, with more round
> trips, explicitly designed with privacy negotiation in mind.
>
> Importantly, you can't leak data which you do not have. The best way to
> not have that data is to not receive it.
>
> Why does a server need to accept user agents and a bunch of other
> unnecessary stuff if it isn't gonna use it? Doesn't it just make the
> server more liable for no good reason? Make it possible to turn it off!
> Most of it can just be turned off.
>
> In fact, the simplest servers (static hosting) only really need the URL
> and the Host. Everything else is unnecessary liability.
It's not exactly what you ask for, but Privoxy [0] has a
delay-response{} response action [1] that is somewhat related.
Fabian
[0] <https://www.privoxy.org/>
[1] <https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/actions-file.html#DELAY-RESPONSE>
Received on Monday, 30 January 2023 18:34:09 UTC