Re: ICP & HEAD requests

From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 00:42:00 -0600 (MDT)

On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> I'm not sure I see a problem here - why can't we just do a HEAD or
> zero-range GET and store it as such? The current semantics already
> support partial object storage.

1) The reply to a zero-range GET should be, if I am not mistaken:
        416 Requested range not satisfiable

2) Squid does not support partial object storage.

3) Range requests are not designed for implementing HEAD semantics.
 
Alex.
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