Re: 301/302
Dave Kristol (dmk@bell-labs.com)
Mon, 08 Sep 1997 15:44:44 -0400
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.
Dave Kristol