From 2816f82980850eaa9a5550e7efbda6394fbb38f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 14:32:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] document explicit proxies as out-of-scope (Closes #4) --- draft-dkg-dprive-demux-dns-http.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/draft-dkg-dprive-demux-dns-http.md b/draft-dkg-dprive-demux-dns-http.md index 4081efa..aa7e709 100644 --- a/draft-dkg-dprive-demux-dns-http.md +++ b/draft-dkg-dprive-demux-dns-http.md @@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ other approaches is not advisable. Doing so safely would require explicit and detailed review of all three (or more) protocols involved. +Heavily-restricted network environments +--------------------------------------- + +Some network environments are so tightly constrained that outbound +connections on standard TCP ports are not accessible. In some of +these environments, an explicit HTTP proxy is available, and clients +must use the HTTP CONNECT pseudo-method to make https connections. +While this multiplexing approach can be used in such a restrictive +environment, it would be necessary to teach the DNS client how to talk +to the HTTP proxy. These details are out of scope for this document. + Why not ALPN? ------------- -- GitLab