- From: Koen Holtman <k.holtman@chello.nl>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 17:24:57 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
- Cc: Greg Robson-Garth <gregrg@optusnet.com.au>, <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Hi Alex, On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Alex Rousskov wrote: > The age calculation algorithm in RFC 2616 is indeed buggy, but in a > different, more subtle, way: > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2002JulSep/0048.html > > IIRC, nobody commented on that age calculation bug and its proposed > fix. It is not mentioned in the RFC 2616 errata. I suspect it will > remain with us forever. I recall that this bug (and ways to fix it) did get discussed back in the late 1990s when the spec was being written. Opinions ranged from `it is a bug' to `this is a safe way for the calculation to err on the side of caution'. I recall that the original author of the calculation (Jeff Mogul) did intend it this way. Consensus back then was that the bug/feature should be kept in. > > Alex. Koen.
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