Re: [v6ops] [Fwd: I-D Action: draft-ietf-v6ops-icp-guidance-03.txt]

SM <sm@resistor.net> Fri, 26 October 2012 06:05 UTC

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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:02:27 -0700
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Hi Brian,
At 06:11 25-10-2012, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>But what is "reverse" about it? As far as I can see it's just
>a proxy that happens to be near the server rather than near
>the client.

draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-19 discusses about (http) 
proxies.  The "reverse proxy" acts like a http server instead of a http client.

Regards,
-sm