Re: 301/302
John Franks (john@math.nwu.edu)
Mon, 8 Sep 1997 14:54:12 -0500 (CDT)
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Dave Kristol wrote:
> John Franks wrote:
> > [in response to Koen Holtman]
> > You are correct the Via header should provide end-to-end version
> > information to the origin server. The origin server can simply not
> > send 303 or 307 to end clients which support HTTP/1.0. I am glad
> > my concern was unfounded.
>
> Am I missing something here? If there are HTTP/1.0 proxies along the
> path from UA to origin server, and, especially, if the first proxy
> beyond the UA is HTTP/1.0, the Via header won't have all the information
> you need, because the HTTP/1.0 proxy won't have added it.
>
No, you're right. I was the one who missed something.
John Franks Dept of Math. Northwestern University
john@math.nwu.edu