On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Neil M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > How is the describedby metalink mime type supposed to work? When we do > the HTTP GET it is to retrieve a single file. A metalink file can > describe multiple files. How does the client know which of the files in > the referenced metalink file matches the GET request?
I guess it could be matched by filename, mirror, or hash. > Are SHA-256, etc. actually valid for the Digest header? The IANA > document doesn't list them: > > http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-dig-alg/http-dig-alg.xhtml > > Can they be added to this list? the IANA considerations section ( http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bryan-metalinkhttp#section-8.2 at the moment) registers em. -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
