- From: David W. Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:58:03 -0800 (PST)
- To: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com>, http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Jeffrey Mogul wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems like an ideal scenario > for "Chunked". The proxy doesn't have to buffer the entire file, > but it can buffer pieces thereof (say, 8KB chunks, 1KB chunks, > whatever). Since the Chunked transfer-encoding does have a mechanism > to indicate end-of-content (i.e., sending a zero-length chunk), it's > now unambiguous whether the client has received a truncated object > or not. Sure, but this forces a close of the client connection since there is no trailer header to indicate an error. Dave
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