Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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HTTP 1.0 and Mobility
nCaching
–quite often
disabled by information providers to be able to create user profiles, usage statistics etc.
–dynamic
objects cannot be cached
nnumerous counters, time, date, personalization, ...
–mobility
quite often inhibits caches
–security
problems
nhow to use SSL/TLS together with proxies?
–today: many
user customized pages, dynamically generated on request via CGI, ASP, ...
nPOSTing (i.e., sending to a server)
–can
typically not be buffered, very problematic if currently disconnected
nMany unsolved problems!