- From: Travis Snoozy <ai2097@users.sourceforge.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 16:39:33 -0700
- To: Adrien de Croy <adrien@qbik.com>
- Cc: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:03:59 +1200, Adrien de Croy <adrien@qbik.com> wrote: > > right - in other words, the only way to guarantee security on the > patch is to LOCK, in which case why even bother trying to solve race > conditions around the PATCH command. The race condition if anywhere > is around who gets the LOCK first...:) > Careful, though -- you still have to deal with timing locks out, and dealing with the situation where somebody went LOCK, GET, edit, timeout (implied UNLOCK), PATCH -- which leads to the same situation of "Hey, buster -- you lose your work because you didn't get back to us in a timely manner." -- Travis
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