- From: Fisher Mark <FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 08:11:00 PST
- To: HTTP Working Group <http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
D.1.1 PUT
Note: The model of sending an entire PUT request within a
single message, without first checking if the server is
willing to accept that data, will break if the server is
unwilling to accept the request or desires some form of
authentication beforehand. Worse, the client won't be
notified of the reason for error if a TCP reset is received
prior to reading the response buffer (see note in
Section 9.4). It should therefore be recognized that
HTTP/1.0 PUT and large POST requests will only work reliably
if the client's intentions and server's desires are
negotiated prior to the request.
Well said. I would fully expect to have my users beating down my door if
they always had to upload their files twice because of authentication
failures/requests! We are talking file upload here, not "upload lotto".
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Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN
Received on Wednesday, 27 December 1995 05:19:08 UTC