- From: Anthony Bryan <anthonybryan@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:17:34 -0500
- To: Scott Lawrence <scott.lawrence@nortel.com>
- Cc: Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@gmail.com>, "ietf@ietf.org" <ietf@ietf.org>, "HTTP Working Group (ietf-http-wg@w3.org)" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Scott Lawrence <scott.lawrence@nortel.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 22:11 -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: >> Changing the digest algorithm in DIGEST is pointless. > > Careful... from the Introduction to the draft: > > Note: This is unrelated to HTTP Digest Authentication. I have updated the abstract and introduction to (hopefully) be more clear. Abstract The IANA registry named "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Digest Algorithm Values" defines values for digest algorithms used by Instance Digests in HTTP. Instance Digests in HTTP provide a digest, also known as a checksum or hash, of an entire representation of the current state of a resource. This draft adds new values to the registry and updates previous values. Introduction The IANA registry named "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Digest Algorithm Values" defines values for digest algorithms used by Instance Digests in HTTP. Note: This is unrelated to HTTP Digest Authentication. Instance Digests in HTTP provide a digest, also known as a checksum or hash, of an entire representation of the current state of a resource. -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads
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