Changeset 475 for draft-ietf-httpbis

Timestamp:

Mar 3, 2009, 7:09:47 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

mnot@…

Message:

add DISCUSS about shared caches storing private responses

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest-roy/p6-cache.xml (modified) (1 diff)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest-roy/p6-cache.xml

@@ -400 +400 @@
           cache validator nor an explicit expiration time, as such responses are not usually
           useful to store. However, caches are not prohibited from storing such responses.</t>
+
+                <t>
+                        <cref>DISCUSS: A strict reading of 2616 is that a shared cache can store a private response,
+                        but never use it. I suspect that this may just be sloppiness in use of terminology, not intent;
+                        should this be disallowed? --mnot</cref>
+                </t>
 
         <section anchor="errors.or.incomplete.response.cache.behavior"