Re: Confused about persistent connection for old clients
Scott Lawrence (lawrence@agranat.com)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:30:13 -0400
>>>>> "EW" == <ewindes@spyglass.com> writes:
EW> OK, I too, am confused about why proxies MUST NOT establish
EW> persistent connections with 1.0 clients. If the client and
EW> origin server connections are handled separately, and if the
EW> proxy understands the 1.0 Keep-alive, what's the danger?
I believe that the intent is that the proxy server not assume
1.1-style persistent connections. The prohibition does not apply to
the non-standard Keep-Alive mechanism; that is why it is noted in
the text you quoted:
>> A proxy server MUST NOT establish a persistent connection
>> with an HTTP/1.0 client (but see RFC 2068 for information
>> about the Keep-Alive header implemented by many HTTP/1.0 clients).
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Scott Lawrence EmWeb Embedded Server <lawrence@agranat.com>
Agranat Systems, Inc. Engineering http://www.agranat.com/