Re: HTTP over Delay-Tolerant Networks

Perhaps section 3 could be expanded significantly to identify HTTP features
that should be considered for such usage?  E.g 100-Continues , compression
(if done better by the low levels as suggested in this thread), http2 push
etc.

Also would be nice if the HTTP/1.1 example in section 4 was a legal request
(no host header).

cheers


On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 10:21, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

> HTTP folks,
>
> Marc Blanchet (CC:ed) has a draft which we should be aware of:
>  https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-blanchet-dtn-http-over-bp/
>
> In a nutshell, this is a mapping of HTTP semantics onto the "bundle
> protocol" as an alternative transport protocol. Bundle is designed for
> operation in high-delay networks (hence the WG name, Delay Tolerant
> Networks) such as space.
>
> Because of the types of organisations that do procurement for things like
> space travel, this is likely to need to be standards-track.
>
> (Marc, anything to add?)
>
> From a HTTP WG perspective, we should come to agreement about how involved
> we want to be in this work. At a minimum, we'll do at least one HTTPDIR
> review. Do people feel more is needed -- e.g., closer coordination after
> this is adopted by DTN?
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Mark Nottingham   https://www.mnot.net/
>
>
>

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