Transfer encodings ve caching, was: I-D Action: draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-08.txt

On 02.03.2025 10:25, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 01.03.2025 12:57, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> ...
>> I have implemented test changes for Squid to support this feature set.
>> ...
>
> Very good.
>
>> Some editorial nits:
>>
>> Section 2.4 requires normalization of the content for cache key, with
>> several suggestions/requirements:
>>
>>   * The first one mentions content encoding but does not name the
>> relevant header(s) (Content-Encoding, Transfer-Encoding) as the other
>> bullet points do.
>
> Just Content-Encoding, right? T-C should be orthogonal to caching.
 > ...

Ah, I see where you're coming from.

Yes, transfer encodings, when present, would be removed first. But those
are specific to HTTP/1.1, they happen at a lower level in the protocol
stack. They aren't even mentioned in the HTTP Caching spec (RFC 9111).

Best regards, Julian

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