Editorial note and question on connections
Howard Melman (howard@silverstream.com)
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:09:24 -0500 (EST)
First an editorial point on Rev 6 of the 1.1 spec:
There seems to be a missing word in the second sentence of
section 8.1.4 Practical Considerations:
A single-user client SHOULD NOT maintain more than
connections with any server or proxy.
There needs to be something between "than" and "connections".
Second, I was looking through this section trying to find
out if it's legal for proxies to multiplex requests from
different clients on the same connection to a server. I
couldn't find a clear answer in the spec or in the
archives. That is given two clients A and B talking to the
same server S via the same proxy P, what is minimum number
of connections required. Clearly there must be a connection
from A to P and from B to P. Can the proxy use just one
connection to S or must it open separate connections for
each client?
Howard