wrec: 3 (hopefully) minor nits to taxonomy.. my comments are
prepended by >>>.
-P
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draft-ietf-wrec-taxonomy-03.txt
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2.2 First order derivative terms
The following terms are constructed taking the above base terms as
foundation.
origin server (as given in [1])
The server on which a given resource resides or is to be created.
>>> The singular usage "The server" is confusing as 2.3 allows for a
master and N replica origin servers.. how about "a server on which
an authoritative copy of a given resource resides or will be created"
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2.5 Automatic use of proxies
Network administrators may wish to force or facilitate the use of
proxies (typically caching proxies) by clients, enabling such
>>> I'm uncomfortable with the parenthetical that describes
motivations for including proxies.. the reasons for doing so are
growing quickly.. including caching, you've got tracking,
ad-filtering, QoS games, performance enhanching proxies,
authentication, etc... Enumerating such things seems like a
rathole: I think the paragraph works well without the
parenthetical at all.
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(network) transparent proxy
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The use of this type of proxy
is transparent to both user and client.
>>> Using 'transparent' in the definition of 'transparent proxy' seems
to be asking for trouble.. even I am not sure if this statement is
meant to mean
a] not detectable
b] not relevant/not a factor operationally
c] transparent in the non-transforming HTTP sense
or d] does not require cooperation from clients
A and B are clearly not true.. C is probably true, but I don't
think it's the motivation for the statement.. so I think it must
mean D.. so how about: "The use of this type of proxy requires no
configuration either by the user or the client."
That's it!
-Pat
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