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Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard

t.p. <daedulus@btconnect.com> Fri, 24 October 2014 11:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com>
To: <ietf@ietf.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 3:06 PM
> >   This specification defines a "safe" preference for HTTP requests,
> >   expressing a desire to avoid "objectionable" content.
>
> I have read this draft and support its adoption.

Me too.  It seems a straightforward step in the right direction for the
Internet at large.   It is a small step but then taking small steps in
the right direction is something that the IETF does rather well.

Tom Petch

> It describes a very simple http option that is already adopted by
> several widely used browsers and several popular web sites.  It would
> be nice to document it on the standards track so other browsers and
> web sites that implement it (which they will) do so in a compatible
way.
>
> R's,
> John
>

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