protected function handleRedirect(
        HTTP_Request2 $request, HTTP_Request2_Response $response
    ) {
        if (is_null($this->redirectCountdown)) {
            $this->redirectCountdown = $request->getConfig('max_redirects');
        }
        if (0 == $this->redirectCountdown) {
            $this->redirectCountdown = null;
            // Copying cURL behaviour
            throw new HTTP_Request2_MessageException(
                'Maximum (' . $request->getConfig('max_redirects') . ') redirects followed',
                HTTP_Request2_Exception::TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS
            );
        }
        $redirectUrl = new Net_URL2(
            $response->getHeader('location'),
            array(Net_URL2::OPTION_USE_BRACKETS => $request->getConfig('use_brackets'))
        );
        // refuse non-HTTP redirect
        if ($redirectUrl->isAbsolute()
            && !in_array($redirectUrl->getScheme(), array('http', 'https'))
        ) {
            $this->redirectCountdown = null;
            throw new HTTP_Request2_MessageException(
                'Refusing to redirect to a non-HTTP URL ' . $redirectUrl->__toString(),
                HTTP_Request2_Exception::NON_HTTP_REDIRECT
            );
        }
        // Theoretically URL should be absolute (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.30),
        // but in practice it is often not
        if (!$redirectUrl->isAbsolute()) {
            $redirectUrl = $request->getUrl()->resolve($redirectUrl);
        }
        $redirect = clone $request;
        $redirect->setUrl($redirectUrl);
        if (303 == $response->getStatus()
            || (!$request->getConfig('strict_redirects')
                && in_array($response->getStatus(), array(301, 302)))
        ) {
            $redirect->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
            $redirect->setBody('');
        }

        if (0 < $this->redirectCountdown) {
            $this->redirectCountdown--;
        }
        return $this->sendRequest($redirect);
    }