[Technical Errata Reported] RFC7232 (6080)

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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7232,
"Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Conditional Requests".

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6080

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Michael Osipov <1983-01-06@gmx.net>

Section: 3.2

Original Text
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   If-None-Match can also be used with a value of "*" to prevent an
   unsafe request method (e.g., PUT) from inadvertently modifying an
   existing representation of the target resource when the client
   believes that the resource does not have a current representation
   (Section 4.2.1 of [RFC7231]).  This is a variation on the "lost
   update" problem that might arise if more than one client attempts to
   create an initial representation for the target resource.

Corrected Text
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Notes
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Please clarify what is supposed to happen when If-None-Match is used with unsafe methods and the value is NOT "*". Should the server respond with BAD_REQUEST?

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RFC7232 (draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-26)
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Title               : Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Conditional Requests
Publication Date    : June 2014
Author(s)           : R. Fielding, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed.
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Hypertext Transfer Protocol Bis APP
Area                : Applications
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG