Changeset 403 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

Timestamp:

Nov 15, 2008, 12:16:54 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

restore RFC 2068 text describing how to proxy OPTIONS * (addresses #83)

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

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

@@ -1562 +1562 @@
 </t>
 <t>
+   If a proxy receives a request without any path in the request-target and
+   the method specified is capable of supporting the asterisk form of
+   request-target, then the last proxy on the request chain &MUST; forward the
+   request with "*" as the final request-target.
+</t>
+<figure><preamble>   
+   For example, the request
+</preamble><artwork type="example">
+  OPTIONS http://www.example.org:8001 HTTP/1.1
+</artwork></figure>
+<figure><preamble>   
+  would be forwarded by the proxy as
+</preamble><artwork type="example">
+  OPTIONS * HTTP/1.1
+  Host: www.example.org:8001
+</artwork>
+<postamble>
+   after connecting to port 8001 of host "www.example.org".
+</postamble>
+</figure>
+<t>
    The request-target is transmitted in the format specified in 
    <xref target="http.uri"/>. If the request-target is encoded using the
@@ -4688 +4709 @@
     </t>
     <t>
+      <eref target="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/83"/>:
+      "OPTIONS * and proxies"
+    </t>
+    <t>
       <eref target="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/94"/>:
       "Reason-Phrase BNF"