Hi,
I took a closer look at RFC2616. There one can read the following:
'A "transparent proxy" is a proxy that does not modify the request or
response beyond what is required for proxy authentication and
identification. [...] Except where either transparent or non-transparent
behavior is explicitly stated, the HTTP proxy requirements apply to both
types of proxies.'
My question is: can we call a proxy transparent if it is unable to handle
a request because it does not implement a method present in the request
header?
IMO, the transparent proxy has everything it has to know about a request:
the port and IP address of the origin server. Nothing else is needed.
Bertold
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