Michel Fortin wrote: > Charles Iliya Krempeaux suggested to include the hash as an HTTP header. > This would cover the case of an error in the transmission of a document, > but it wouldn't in the case a file got maliciously modified on the > server. ... Additionally, this case is already covered by the HTTP spec, namely the Content-MD5 header: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.15 Admittedly it only supports MD5 checksums; whether this is worth extending is another matter. Best regards Tom PikeReceived on Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:21:22 UTC
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