Re: [Ohttp] Discovery (no)

Christopher Wood <caw@heapingbits.net> Mon, 26 July 2021 15:05 UTC

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:04:44 -0700
From: Christopher Wood <caw@heapingbits.net>
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Subject: Re: [Ohttp] Discovery (no)
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2021, at 7:21 AM, Thomas Mangin wrote:
> Hello, I just found this mailing list/group and I am curious.
> 
> Mark makes a good point but it is possible to implement a HTTP proxy 
> using the HTTP specification, and the specification is for a protocol 
> which can work without proxy.
> 
> I am unclear on what this group intend to standardise if part of the 
> protocol is left undocumented: it will prevent interoperability and may 
> lead to multiple incompatible different key discovery mechanism and 
> therefore non-interroperable implementations.

Can you elaborate on what OHTTP interoperability problems arise if two different discovery mechanisms are used? 

Best,
Chris