Re: Content-MD5
Ned Freed (NED@innosoft.com)
Thu, 02 Nov 1995 21:29:27 -0800 (PST)
> > Dave Raggett writes:
> > [...]
> >> 11) Defined semantics for metainformation
> >> o Title, Link, Base, Content-MD5, Content-Language, etc.
> > ***********
> > Sorry If I'm completly off base but could this be changed
> > into "Content-Checksum:". I'd rather not tie MD5 particular
> > *algorithm* to the general 'checksum' *functionality*, (just in case
> > MD6 pops out in few monthes for instance...) {Though I currently use
> > MD5 as the algorithm currently}
> No, we are not going to replace a well-defined proposed standard with
> a newly-defined invention. Using separate header fields for different
> algorithms is just as applicable (and easier to parse) as any
> parameterized generic header field.
Draft standard, actually -- RFC1864.
Ned