IETF draft: Content-Digest and Want-Content-Digest
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Description
A heads up about [draft-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-06](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-06):
> This document defines HTTP fields that support integrity checksums. The `Digest` field can be used for the integrity of HTTP representations.
> The `Content-Digest` field can be used for the integrity of HTTP message content. `Want-Digest` and `Want-Content-Digest` can be used to indicate a sender's desire to receive integrity fields respectively.
It’s an IETF standardization effort of interest to IPFS integration efforts into web browsers. The standardized `Content-Digest: cid=bafy..` response header could replace `x-ipfs-path: /ipfs/bafy..`. The standardized `Want-Content-Digest: cid` request header could be used by clients to indicate they support IPFS.
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Start by reading draft-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-06 and the issue's context on IPFS integration in web browsers. The payload does not identify a repository file, entry point, test, or concrete implementation target, so the expected completion criteria need to be clarified before work can begin.
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- networking, web-dev
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- Feature
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