- From: Ted Hardie <hardie@merlot.arc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:22:43 -0700 (PDT)
- To: jg@w3.org
- Cc: hardie@nic.nasa.gov, fielding@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Jim writes: > > Here is a third try, which I think is better than either my original or > Ted's rewrite. > > 14.9.5 No-Transform Directive > > Intermediate caches (proxies) have found it useful to convert the > media type of certain entity bodies. A proxy might, for example, > convert between image formats in order to save cache space or > to reduce the amount of traffic on a slow link. HTTP has to date > been silent on these transformations. > > Serious operational problems have already occured, however, when these > transformations have been applied to entity bodies intended for certain > kinds of applications. For example, applications for medical imaging, > scientific data analysis and those using end-to-end authentication, > all require that the original entity-body be reproduced exactly bit for bit. > Therefore, an intermediate cache MUST NOT change the > media type of an entity-body if the response includes the no-transform > directive. > > Looks good to me. regards, Ted Hardie
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