thanks for the input ... got it resolved.
nginx forwards all the headers to me, so i can make an intelligent
decision as to who can accept the GZIP'd content and who cannot
irrespective of the HTTP version.
Jeanfrancois Arcand wrote:
>> Now it only proxies in 1.0 because nginx does not support chunked
>> transfers.
>
> I've looked at their documentation but couldn't find what I was looking
> at....which is some configuration that explain why the proxy mode use
> http 1.0 :-(
>