- From: Lou Montulli <montulli@mozilla.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 21:56:20 -0700
- To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950816205717.5252C-100000@chivalry> Simon Spero
<ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu> wrote:
>
>
> 2) The problem as described above is caused by problems at the
> server side; the cure can also be localised to the server-side
> without protocol modifications- for example, the server can keep
> a record of the incorrect dates that have been changed, and always
> retransmit the document if it recieves a request containing one of
> the bad dates.
>
This solution is too costly to implement in existing servers,
on the other hand, size checksums are easy to add to most servers.
I seriously doubt any server will keep a record of screwups
and fix them automatically, so this is a completely impractical solution.
Your "solution" also fails when the file has been modified but
has the same date.
:lou
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Received on Wednesday, 16 August 1995 21:56:53 UTC