Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:47:46 -1000 From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: OT: HTTP response handling - date correction in the client? Message-ID: <20050424204745.GE25594@tikitechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <20050423164347.GA5974@keyslapper.net> References: <20050423164347.GA5974@keyslapper.net>
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 12:43:48PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> This is OT, I know, but there's gotta be someone on this list that
> knows the various HTTP specs better than I do. I do know them better
> than your average bear, at least, but apparently not as well as I
> thought.
>
> I seem to remember reading in a spec, some time ago, details of date
> correction performed on responses received from a server with a skewed
> system clock or to account for extended network latency.
>
> Well, now I can't find the details of this date correction. RFC 1945
> and 2616 don't mention much detail, but I know it was discussed
> somewhere. I just can't remember where. Unfortunately, my
> predecessor didn't mention the spec he used in the commentary. In
> fact, he didn't put any commentary on the subject at all.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated. I have googled, and searched W3C,
> but the results weren't very helpful.
You might try the squid website and/or mailing list archives, as date
issues greatly affect cacheability. They have (or used to) a
cacheability tester on their website which checks dates. As a last
resort, try subscribing and posting your query to that mailing list.
I used to be active on it years back but have been doing other stuff
more recently.
-- Clifton
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Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com
Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect
"I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green
And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide..."
-- 'Whip-Smart', Liz Phair
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