Re: HTTP Signatures specification updated

On 02/04/2014 03:51 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote:
> Melvin, This is a generic problem.  In a system developed by the EU 
> for dealing with e-passports over the border they "forgot" to say to 
> the implementers how to deal with duplicates which have created a 
> nightmare of non-interoperability.
> 
> If I were to rule, duplicates should be tolerated but of course not 
> generate a new transaction.   This requires that each message
> carries a (for the sender) unique ID but that is pretty much
> standard.  Date doesn't IMO suffice.

Dates don't suffice, true... but what about ISO 8601 datetimes that have
nanosecond precision?

-- manu

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Received on Saturday, 8 February 2014 02:30:05 UTC