Jonathan Rosenberg writes:
>Actually, I had a different interpretation of 504. 504 is when a proxy
>tries to contact some other service, like a location server, and that
>service does not respond. Thats why its a server failure; the other
>service represents part of the operation of the server itself (many
>folks include the location service within the proxy, for example). Thats
>why its 500 class.
>
>Also, I agree with Igor that 408 is used when a proxy gives up.
...

I have no problem with this model; it does, however, require that
the description of 408 be updated in RFC2543bis.

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