http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6249
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RFC 6249
Title: Metalink/HTTP: Mirrors and Hashes
Author: A. Bryan, N. McNab,
T. Tsujikawa, P. Poeml,
H. Nordstrom
Status: Standards Track
Stream: IETF
Date: June 2011
Mailbox: anthonybryan at gmail.com,
neil at nabber.org,
tatsuhiro.t at gmail.com, peter at poeml.de,
henrik at henriknordstrom.net
Pages: 21
Characters: 45303
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-bryan-metalinkhttp-22.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6249.txt
This document specifies Metalink/HTTP: Mirrors and Cryptographic
Hashes in HTTP header fields, a different way to get information that
is usually contained in the Metalink XML-based download description
format. Metalink/HTTP describes multiple download locations
(mirrors), Peer-to-Peer, cryptographic hashes, digital signatures,
and other information using existing standards for HTTP header
fields. Metalink clients can use this information to make file
transfers more robust and reliable. Normative requirements for
Metalink/HTTP clients and servers are described here. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.
STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet
Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and
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