- From: Mordechai T. Abzug <mabzug1@gl.umbc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 15:46:12 -0400 (EDT)
- To: HTTP Working Group <http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
A "Last-modified" header currently exists to provide information on the
modification of a file. However, this information can be inaccurate if
the document is produced periodically by an automatic generator, as in
the case of user's homepages. Simple file length may not suffice, so it
would be better to determine the checksum. Although the client could
calculate this, it makes more sense to do so on the server side, to
preserve bandwidth.
This "ckecksum" information could be implemented either as a header to be
provided by the GET and HEAD methods. However, since few clients would
require such information, it makes more sense to restrict it to special
methods: either HEAD, which anyway exists for such purposes, or perhaps
some new method.
-Mordechai T. Abzug
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