[5648] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: MDMA server at UNC/SunSITE is broken
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Auerbach)
Fri Sep 16 14:10:10 1994
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 19:56:20 +0200
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From: Karl Auerbach <karl@cavebear.com>
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> > 2) Fails to include a Date: header on responses. This header is necessary
> > for cache management.
> Can you explain this? If the Date: is just the current time doesn't the
> client/proxy server know it as well as the server.
The Date: line should indicate when the document was peeled from the
original content provider. If a cache intervenes, it should not
change the Date: line. Thus there may be a substantial difference
between the Date: as published and the time of document reception.
--karl--
