- From: Jim Taft <jim@e-brewed.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:54:08 -0500
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Received on Thursday, 22 May 2025 07:10:07 UTC
Can you please clarify section 3.3.2 for me?
"A templated TCP proxy does not use the "407 (Proxy Authentication
Required)" response code and related header fields ([RFC9110],
Section 11.7) because they do not traverse HTTP gateways (see
Section 7)."
Is there a reason for this besides some orgs use gateways in front of
the proxies? Most large, load balanced security proxy environments load
balance at layer 4 and heavily rely on 407 for authentication. It's the
fastest way to authenticate them on a per-connection basis (as opposed
to per source IP). If you want them to use this (or they're forced to),
407's will be needed.
Received on Thursday, 22 May 2025 07:10:07 UTC