Re: draft-ieft-http-options-00.txt
Dave Kristol (dmk@bell-labs.com)
Sun, 10 Aug 1997 21:28:18 +0000
> DMK:
> Nit: p.4, section 3.2: I think the phrase "originating sender" is
> a poor one. From one perspective, the originating sender is the
> client that initiated the request. But I think it's intended to mean
> the server that responded to the OPTIONS method.
>
Jeff Mogul:
> Right, I was looking for a phrase that mean "server that first sent
> the OPTIONS reply", which could be different from the "origin server"
> for the URI (e.g., because of Max-Forwards). Any suggestions for
> a more precise short phrase? Or should we just use the long one?
How about simply, "the server that first sent the OPTIONS reply." :-)?
Dave Kristol