[whatwg] hash Attribute
Tom Pike
tom.pike at xiven.com
Wed Nov 8 05:21:22 PST 2006
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 Pike
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