Changeset 2551

Timestamp:

16/01/14 22:18:12 (6 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

clarify that received-by is not a header field, but a field value component (see# 531)

Location:

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest

Files:

• p1-messaging.html (modified) (1 diff)
• p1-messaging.xml (modified) (1 diff)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.html

@@ -2042 +2042 @@
                   safe to use in response, or within a later request, as described in <a href="#http.version" title="Protocol Versioning">Section&nbsp;2.6</a>. For brevity, the protocol-name is omitted when the received protocol is HTTP.
                </p>
-               <p id="rfc.section.5.7.1.p.6">The received-by field is normally the host and optional port number of a recipient server or client that subsequently forwarded
-                  the message. However, if the real host is considered to be sensitive information, a sender <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> replace it with a pseudonym. If a port is not provided, a recipient <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> interpret that as meaning it was received on the default TCP port, if any, for the received-protocol.
+               <p id="rfc.section.5.7.1.p.6">The received-by portion of the field value is normally the host and optional port number of a recipient server or client that
+                  subsequently forwarded the message. However, if the real host is considered to be sensitive information, a sender <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> replace it with a pseudonym. If a port is not provided, a recipient <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> interpret that as meaning it was received on the default TCP port, if any, for the received-protocol.
                </p>
                <p id="rfc.section.5.7.1.p.7">A sender <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> generate comments in the Via header field to identify the software of each recipient, analogous to the <a href="p2-semantics.html#header.user-agent" class="smpl">User-Agent</a> and <a href="p2-semantics.html#header.server" class="smpl">Server</a> header fields. However, all comments in the Via field are optional and a recipient <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> remove them prior to forwarding the message.

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

@@ -2691 +2691 @@
 </t>
 <t>
-   The received-by field is normally the host and optional port number of a
-   recipient server or client that subsequently forwarded the message.
+   The received-by portion of the field value is normally the host and optional
+   port number of a recipient server or client that subsequently forwarded the
+   message.
    However, if the real host is considered to be sensitive information, a
    sender &MAY; replace it with a pseudonym. If a port is not provided,