Re: HTTP Session Extension draft

Rich Salz (rsalz@osf.org)
Thu, 6 Jul 1995 13:43:00 -0400


>Aside from the issue of tracking, I suggest that the decision to
>maintain a session should always be initiated by the client.  That
>is, the client should offer to use a session, and the server should
>either accept the offer or not.

I would put server-initiated sessions at a MUCH lower priority, but I
would not like to see any architecture rule it out.  I think it makes
sense for the server to offer a hint that in effect says "if you like
what I just sent you, stay around."
	/r$