305

Use Proxy

Description

Defined in a previous version of the HTTP specification to indicate that a requested response must be accessed by a proxy. It has been deprecated due to security concerns regarding in-band configuration of a proxy.

HTTP Status Codes Details

Status Code
305
Status Name
Use Proxy
Class
3xx
Common Usage
No

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