Chuck Murcko wrote:
> Here's something I just thought about a bit. What should a caching HTTP
> proxy do in the case of an "infinitely long" HTTP GET? As in an
> encapsulated media stream.
>
> Buffering some predetermined amount (to be delivered in case the origin
> server is down) looks like a solution technically, but I'm not sure
> about legally at this point.
I was thinking about it recently while working on mod_cache.
Realistically we can only really cache stuff if it has a predetermined
content length. This way the cache modules can decide whether the object
is small enough to cache. Objects without a content length are usually
CGI scripts and streaming content, so I doubt this limitation will make
much difference to cache efficiency.
Regards,
Graham
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