[syslinux] Opinion wanted: metadata in HTTP requests (updated)
Kevin Landreth
crackerjackmack at gmail.com
Tue Apr 26 06:29:29 PDT 2011
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:50 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> Okay, I have narrowed it down to two options:
>
> 1. Using HTTP cookies, in every request. To avoid collision with other
> cookie uses, the cookie names would be prefixed with _Syslinux_ or
> some similar prefix although this adds overhead.
>
>
I would prefer this option as it offers the greatest interoperability
between applications and doesn't interfere with the URI any. Just casting
my vote.
2. Using a GET query string, if and only if the http URL is of a
> special form, probably:
>
> http://example.com/something??
>
> ... i.e. ending in a double ?? which should not normally happen in a
> URL.
>
I can see this getting harry in the future around cgi based config
generators. How would it handle a
http://example.com/controller.php?pxelinux=1 type of scenario. Would It be
specified as http://example.com/controller.php??pxelinux=1 and then properly
replaced with http://example.com/controller.php?pxelinux=1&serial=12345 ?
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Kevin Landreth
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