On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 06:02:30PM -0600, Mark J. Roberts wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Brandon wrote:
>
> > > Yeah, as long as the link wasn't to the CHK of the map it would
> >
> > I still don't see what the problem you're pointing out is. Can you give a
> > clear example of what wouldn't work?
>
> This problem is a normal recursive paradox with two content hashed files,
> just like trying to make two html files with CHK links to each other: the
> hash of one depends on the hash of the other, and you can't get the hash
> of the other without the hash of the first. That's one reason why I first
> ruled out this idea. But if you redirect through an enumerated SSK key it
> will work.
>
> I still don't know how to implement it this way, with ambiguous URIs. Once
> we read the metadata from "blah.html", and notice the
> MapFile=SSK@blah/blah, how do we remember to use it (and not the normal
> SSK) when the next request comes in from a link or image on that page?
Because the mapfile for blah.html contains the correct information for all
links and images in blah.html.
Scott
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