On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 08:47:14AM +0000, NextGen$ wrote: > * 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.
What's wrong with using a permanent redirect? > > NextGen$ -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20060819/770b4a33/attachment.pgp>
