Changeset 310 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

Timestamp:

21/08/08 08:13:46 (15 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

Resolve #129: mention that Set-Cookie requires special handling with respect to list syntax, add references to RFCs and historical information (closes #129).

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

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

@@ -1579 +1579 @@
    change the order of these field values when a message is forwarded.
 </t>
+<t>
+  <list><t>
+   <x:h>Note:</x:h> the "Set-Cookie" header as implemented in
+   practice (as opposed to how it is specified in <xref target="RFC2109"/>)
+   can occur multiple times, but does not use the list syntax, and thus cannot
+   be combined into a single line. (See Appendix A.2.3 of <xref target="Kri2001"/>
+   for details.) Also note that the Set-Cookie2 header specified in
+   <xref target="RFC2965"/> does not share this problem. 
+  </t></list>
+</t>
+  
 </section>
 
@@ -3891 +3902 @@
 </reference>
 
+<reference anchor='RFC2109'>
+  <front>
+    <title>HTTP State Management Mechanism</title>
+    <author initials='D.M.' surname='Kristol' fullname='David M. Kristol'>
+      <organization>Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies</organization>
+      <address><email>dmk@bell-labs.com</email></address>
+    </author>
+    <author initials='L.' surname='Montulli' fullname='Lou Montulli'>
+      <organization>Netscape Communications Corp.</organization>
+      <address><email>montulli@netscape.com</email></address>
+    </author>
+    <date year='1997' month='February' />
+  </front>
+  <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2109' />
+</reference>
+
 <reference anchor="RFC2145">
   <front>
@@ -3984 +4011 @@
   </front> 
   <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="2822"/>
+</reference>
+
+<reference anchor='RFC2965'>
+  <front>
+    <title>HTTP State Management Mechanism</title>
+    <author initials='D. M.' surname='Kristol' fullname='David M. Kristol'>
+      <organization>Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies</organization>
+      <address><email>dmk@bell-labs.com</email></address>
+    </author>
+    <author initials='L.' surname='Montulli' fullname='Lou Montulli'>
+      <organization>Epinions.com, Inc.</organization>
+      <address><email>lou@montulli.org</email></address>
+    </author>
+    <date year='2000' month='October' />
+  </front>
+  <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2965' />
 </reference>
 
@@ -4065 +4108 @@
   <seriesInfo name='BCP' value='115' />
   <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='4395' />
+</reference>
+
+<reference anchor="Kri2001" target="http://arxiv.org/abs/cs.SE/0105018">
+  <front>
+    <title>HTTP Cookies: Standards, Privacy, and Politics</title>
+    <author initials="D." surname="Kristol" fullname="David M. Kristol">
+      <organization/>
+    </author>
+    <date year="2001" month="November"/>
+  </front>
+  <seriesInfo name="ACM Transactions on Internet Technology" value="Vol. 1, #2"/>
 </reference>
 
@@ -4601 +4655 @@
       "IANA Considerations: update HTTP URI scheme registration"
     </t>
+    <t>
+      <eref target="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/129"/>:
+      "List-type headers vs Set-Cookie"
+    </t>
   </list>
 </t>