On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Deepak Nagaraj <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> But on the other hand, HTTP "Content-MD5" header RFC (1864) explicitly >>>>> mentions network byte ordering as I originally quoted. Being a >>>>> standards-compliant HTTP server, IMO, we should be doing whatever the >>>>> RFC says, even if it's a nuance. >>>> >>>> What RFC? The MD5 one? Or the HTTP MD5 one (1864)? >>>> >>> The HTTP MD5 RFC (1864), since that's what Apache "ContentDigest" >>> implements. >> >> So what exactly are you proposing? >> An example of actual bytes in de MD5 in BE and LE would help. >> > Please review this patch to util_md5.c. It's a naive, > platform-independent implementation of LE to BE conversion. > <snip>
Any conclusion on this thread? Will "ContentDigest" remain as is, or will it be patched? Thanks, -deepak
