Re: HTTP features w/ low 'implemented' and 'tested'
David W. Morris (dwm@xpasc.com)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:58:03 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Jeffrey Mogul wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems like an ideal scenario
> for "Chunked". The proxy doesn't have to buffer the entire file,
> but it can buffer pieces thereof (say, 8KB chunks, 1KB chunks,
> whatever). Since the Chunked transfer-encoding does have a mechanism
> to indicate end-of-content (i.e., sending a zero-length chunk), it's
> now unambiguous whether the client has received a truncated object
> or not.
Sure, but this forces a close of the client connection since there is no
trailer header to indicate an error.
Dave