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Re: encodings, base-64, etc.

1991-10-30 09:53:24
Nathaniel,

I share your concern about the base64-only vs. more-general usage of
checksums.  On the other hand, there seems to be a clear consensus that
having it on Base64 is a Very Good Thing.  Most folks seem to think that
it should be required (and I'm biased in that direction) though that
clearly is not unanimous.

Late-entry ideas always are dangerous, but this one seems too good and
too well supported to let slip by.  

I think that putting it on the -Encoding header is 'just right.'  I
suggest defining it for all -Encoding headers, but declaring it required
for base64.  (No, I don't really think that the suggestion is very good,
but I can't think of anything better.  In particular, I think that
the checksum for text-oriented encodings will be worse than
useless, given the liberties that relays take with text.)

Dave

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