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There are two kinds of content negotiation which are possible in HTTP: server-driven and agent-driven negotiation. These two kinds of negotiation are orthogonal and thus may be used separately or in combination. One method of combination, referred to as transparent negotiation, occurs when a cache uses the agent-driven negotiation information provided by the origin server in order to provide server-driven negotiation for subsequent requests.

There are two kinds of content negotiation which are possible in HTTP:

  • server-driven and
  • agent-driven negotiation.

These two kinds of negotiation are orthogonal and thus may be used separately or in combination.

One method of combination, referred to as transparent negotiation, occurs when a cache uses the agent-driven negotiation information provided by the origin server in order to provide server-driven negotiation for subsequent requests.

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How does the Negotiate HTTP authentication mechanism establish a session?

As described in RFC 4559, the Negotiate mechanism may take several requests to complete a GSSAPI context. I cannot understand from the RFC what mechanism is used to associate those requests with one another, however. To take the example described in…
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