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Re:HTTP headers we don't want by voidlogic on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:47PM (#17077739)
Wouldn't it be better to use the "Forwarded" header for this?
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Re:HTTP headers we don't want by buro9 on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:51PM (#17077767)
Why better?

Via is a MUST https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-5.7.1

Forwarded is OPTIONAL https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7239#section-4

Protecting against loops only works with MUST headers.

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Re:HTTP headers we don't want by ttwwmm on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @07:15PM (#17078728)
Additionally, Forwarded is only for requests, while Via is for both requests and responses.
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Re:HTTP headers we don't want by voidlogic on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @06:52PM (#17078613)
Makes sense. Thanks!
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