* Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2006-08-18 22:31:01]:
> At present, nothing can redirect to a USK. That means that if a URI is > not a USK, it's fixed; either it can be retrieved with the original > contents, or it's fallen out of the network. This is a very desirable > property. The only time it would be useful to redirect to a USK would be > from a KSK, and we can support this with the permanent redirect > mechanism we use for USK updates: If you fetch KSK at cofe, then you get an > error saying this has moved to USK at ..../cofe/27/ . In Fproxy, this would > be transparent, but it would use an HTTP "permanent redirect" so the URL > would be updated and you would bookmark the USK rather than the KSK. > What about creating an other key format ? So that KSKs stay immuable but redirecting to USKs using shorter names is possible. NextGen$
