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"Robert Sayre" <sayrer@gmail.com> Sat, 02 June 2007 12:10 UTC

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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:09:26 -0400
From: "Robert Sayre" <sayrer@gmail.com>
To: "Mark Nottingham" <mnot@mnot.net>
Subject: Re: Straw-man charter for http-bis
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On 6/1/07, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
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>
> > If, for some unforeseen reason, I am unable to make those drafts
> > happen, tntion from the best of minds is  
2617. Let's face it: http authentication is awkward and compared to  
the rest of the protocol it feels like a child's toy, sitting in the  
glove compartment of a BMW.

With this in mind, I think a complete rewrite of 2616 is a waste of  
time and resources.

//Stefan

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