Re: handling 1xx responses

From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:03:39 -0600 (MDT)

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> After a 101 response the proxy must effectively switch to tunnel mode
> unless it knows the new protocol.

A proxy also has a choice to not "forward" Upgrade header if the proxy
does not support the described protocol switching mechanism. In fact,
it is probably the best choice because tunneling may not be enough for
some protocols. Upgrade is a hop-by-hop header.

Alex.

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