IPP Mail Archive: IPP> Re: Implications of introducing new scheme and port for existing HTTP servers

IPP> Re: Implications of introducing new scheme and port for existing HTTP servers

Ted Hardie (hardie@thornhill.arc.nasa.gov)
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:31:03 -0700

Carl-Uno,
By "scheme" in the text below, do you mean a
new HTTP method, parallel to GET and POST, or something
else?
regards,
Ted Hardie
NASA NIC

> 1) the introduction of a new scheme called "ipp"
> 2) the introduction a new default port number for IPP servers.
>
> Before the IPP WG responds to those suggestions, the IPP WG would like to
> get some advice from the HTTP WG on the implications of such a change.
> In particular, we want some feedback on how easy or difficult it would be
> to configure existing web servers to accomodate the suggested changes.