IPP Mail Archive: Re: RE: IPP> IPP/NV: SASL vs. HTTP-TLS-UPGRADE

Re: RE: IPP> IPP/NV: SASL vs. HTTP-TLS-UPGRADE

Carl Kugler (kugler@us.ibm.com)
21 Nov 1998 00:08:24 -0000

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> The SASL capability is bi-directional, it can allow either side to mandate
> secure connections.
>
Looks to me like HTTP-TLS-UPGRADE is also bi-directional. The client can initiate an upgrade to TLS by putting an "Upgrade:" header in the request, and/or the server can require the client to upgrade by returning a "418: Upgrade Required" error code in response to a request.

-Carl

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