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Re:Google proposed Web Bundles could threaten the Web as we ... by cflat on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:46PM (#24393149)
DNS is not content.

HTTP caches were always problematic from a business perspective. Great for downloading large binaries (installs) but problematic when they don’t expire as expected, or if content needs to change for contractual reasons.

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Re:Google proposed Web Bundles could threaten the Web as we ... by joshuamorton on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:45PM (#24393628)
Tell that to cloudflare.

It's not like you're forced to cache things if it doesn't work for your business case.

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Re:Google proposed Web Bundles could threaten the Web as we ... by Spivak on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:30PM (#24393989)
I mean you’re the one who gets to decide how long the signature is valid for just like you can choose your TTL in DNS. And a malicious cache can’t continue to serve stale content because browsers will reject it. You get a hard guarantee that your TTL will be respected.
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