- From: Gervase Markham <gerv@mozilla.org>
- Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:23:32 +0000
XcomCoolDude wrote: > How about a hash attribute for all elements that link to external files > (a, img, etc.)? > > It would allow you to pass an MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or other hash to a > user-agent for automatic comparison with the linked file. A related proposal is: http://www.gerv.net/security/link-fingerprints/ That proposal has the advantage that the hash can accompany the URL into non-HTML contexts. > I'd suggest a format where the hash algorithm is listed, followed by a > forward slash and then the hash itself To ease the implementation and interoperability burden, the smallest possible number of hash functions should be required to be supported. Gerv
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