HTTP Extensions for Simultaneous Download from Multiple Mirrors
draft-ford-http-multi-server-00
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| Authors | Mark J. Handley , Alan Ford | ||
| Last updated | 2009-07-06 | ||
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| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
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Abstract
This document describes an extension to HTTP by which servers can automatically inform clients of mirrors of resources. Clients can then simultaneously request segments of the resource from different servers, enhancing both network and server utilisation, download speeds, and thus user experience.
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