Re: [RFC] Have-Digest and duplicate transfer suppression

ons 2011-08-10 klockan 22:15 -0600 skrev Alex Rousskov:

> I agree that Have-Digest or similar custom "digest" entity-tag can be
> used with If-None-Match. You gain the advantages of the existing
> If-None-Match mechanism. You also gain problems associated with
> overloading an end-to-end mechanism with hop-by-hop optimizations:

If-None-Match is not an end-to-end condition in the strict sense.

> I am not sure whether the pros outweigh the cons in this case, but I
> think using If-None-Match should be seriously considered. Regardless of
> this decision, the most complex and performance-expensive elements of
> the duplicate suppression proposal remain the same though.

Indeed.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Sun Aug 14 2011 - 11:22:42 MDT