Re: Https question

From: SiriusB (a.anandkumar_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/23/05 

Date: 23 Aug 2005 10:43:24 -0700

>The encapsulated content means, if you're transmitting a file, message
>header and the encoded representation of the transported data, not the
>binary representation of only the file content.
This will not be a problem for what I have in mind, if u can confirm
that only http headers are included along with the file contents to
calculate the mac.
If this is so AND https allows me to request random blocks of data off
the server, I think I will be able get the hash of the encapsuated
content by aborting the transfer just after receiving the header.

>But, another question: _why_ do you want to have this? Perhaps it could
>be possible to solve your needs in another way.
Well, I am working on the possiblity of creating torrent files for
contents on a webserver without it's knowledge. This can be used to
relieve workload off the server in case of slashdots or generally.
Sorta like corral. But I don't want the website/server to install
another server/service just to do torrentification.

Thanks for ur help. Please comment.

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