"Robert" == Robert Sayre <sayrer(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:
Robert> On 9/5/06, Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf(_at_)mit(_dot_)edu> wrote:
>> I want to be able to give you a URL and have you resolve it.
>> That only works if we speak the same transport protocol.
Robert> Disagree. The Internet is pretty compelling, so proxies
Robert> can and do bridge transport protocols. Applications using
Robert> the HTTP stack don't need to know or care about the lower
Robert> level.
I wouldn't mind writing the language in such a way that this
requirement could be met by proxies. I don't see how to do that as an
implementation requirement though--and deployment requirements about
supporting the same transport would be completely inappropriate for
the IETF to make for HTTP.
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