[Dime] Would realm-based redirection be a protocol error or an application error?

[Tom Taylor <[e-mail]>]

I'm finally updating draft-ietf-dime-realm-based-redirect.

Given that realm-based redirection is defined at an application level, 
maybe the answer is obvious. What I am concerned with is whether the 
redirect server should clear the 'R' bit in the header to ensure that 
the response goes all the way back to the original requesting host 
(i.e., following on Figure 8 in section 7 of RFC 3588). The reason for 
doing this is the issue identified in the Security Considerations 
section of the realm-based-redirection I-D: a change of realm implies a 
change of business relationship that should be noted by the requesting 
host before the request is rerouted.

Tom Taylor