Re: Content-Encoding and storage forma

> > I think our decision not to keep just encoded versions around
> > immunizes us from that one; I don't see how a redecoding could arise,
> > as encoded versions follow different paths to encoding-accepting
> > clients than decoded versions to unaccepting, purist clients.
>
> I do not quite follow what you are saying here.
>
> The issues is not about what happens within a single Squid but what
> happens at the clients or in a cache mesh.

I was wrong. Yes, indeed, recodings can happen.

> If you modify the ETag to include details on how the object has been
> recoded then you are immune as each variant then has a different identity.
> Also if you use weak etags you are mostly immune to your own actions, but
> there is secondary caching implications where clients may get a different
> encoding than expected because the two are told to be semantically
> equivalent.

So, are you suggesting that, for example, if we get an uncoded server
response with ETag: "page12345", then we would tag a gzip-coded
version as ETag: "gzippage12345"?

                                                       Jon
Received on Thu Mar 04 2004 - 17:34:33 MST