- From: Paul Hoffman <ietf-lists@proper.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 14:02:01 -0700
- To: "Patrick R. Michaud" <pmichaud@tamucc.edu>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
At 8:54 AM 5/9/95, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: >All the discussion I've seen thus far is about modifying _servers_ >to properly mark the end of the data, but my feeling is that marking >the end of data is really the responsibility of the CGI script, not >the server. The proposal works for HTTP server software even when there is no CGI script. For example, if a server is simply returning files, but some of the files that are being returned change length rapidly, the only way for a server to determine the length absolutely is to read the file into a buffer, measure the buffer, then emit the buffer. With the terminator proposal, the server software picks a terminator, spools the file out the port, and sends the terminator. >CGI scripts already have to generate portions of the header anyway >(e.g., "Content-Type: blah/blah" headers)... That is not true with some HTTP servers. I believe that some servers send the headers and the two CRs and only allow CGI scripts to send content. --Paul Hoffman --Proper Publishing
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