"Adam B. Roach" wrote:
>
> 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.
Current (modified) wording is:
The server could not produce a response, e.g., a user location, within
the time indicated in the \header{Expires} request-header field. The
client {\MAY} repeat the request without modifications at any later
time.
Please suggest improvements.
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Henning Schulzrinne http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs
