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> Here's another proposal:
> Invent a new kind of reference.
> Call it a `name' instead of a `location'.
> MMM, how about URN instead of URL.
> Others might retrieve them every time and just cache them
> for a short time.
I am currently planning a caching scheme for URL's as our network
operators are concerned about the cost of all this traffic - we
pay $$ per megabyte received. The basic idea is to have a UDP
server for managing the cache while data transfer to/from the cache
is done via nfs. The cache server just serves file names.
Even a simple scheme looks like offering a good pay-off. The Expires:
header can be used to override admin defaults for purging the cache.
Dave