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Envoy does not adhere to HTTP/2 RFC 7540 #6767

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@trevorlinton

Title: Envoy does not adhere to HTTP/2 RFC 7540

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RFC 7540 Section 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 specifies when a request coming in through a re-used HTTP/2 connection is accidentally sent to a non-origin but authoritative server that a 421 response should be returned. This can happen if two servers one with a wildcard certificate (e.g., a.example.com) and another server (b.example.com) with a non-wildcard on the same IP address using SNI responds to requests those meant for server b.example.com will accidentally be forwarded down the re-used HTTP/2 connection for a.example.com. In this situation a.example.com should send back a 421 to indicate the request was destined for b.example.com. This forces browsers to re-establish a new connection, re-negotiate the SNI, and thus the backing server and subsequently route to the correct origin.

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