IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> 'Date' Header

Re: IPP> 'Date' Header

Richard Shockey (rshockey@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:16:25 -0600

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At 10:51 AM 10/27/98 -0500, Scott Lawrence wrote:
>
>> The IPP/1.0 Encoding and Transport draft specifies that the general
>> header "Date" MUST be implemented in the server's response. Could any
>> clarify us the need for this header in HTTP transport layer?
>
>HTTP/1.1 does not require a Date header; in fact, it forbids it if the
>server does not have a clock. See draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-05.txt
>section 14.8; section 14.8.1 specifies behaviour for clockless servers.

Were IPP to be used in a "Facsimile Service" mode...there would be a
absolute need for Date and Time in the server response and in the
implementation of transaction logs etc.

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