On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 02:55:15PM +0000, NextGen$ wrote:
> * Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2006-08-19 15:43:01]:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Nothing. But I think that keeping KSKs not updatable (immuable) is the way to 
> go. 
> I don't mind if we create a new "UKSK" key type.

Hmmm, so a UKK key? How is this better than a KSK that redirects to a
USK? I suppose it maps directly to NIM queues - is that your idea?
> 
> NextGen$
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