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An outsider's view of the `gemini://` protocol

Sean Conner sean at conman.org

Fri Feb 28 09:20:11 GMT 2020

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It was thus said that the Great Ciprian Dorin Craciun once stated:
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> For example say each document is identified by its SHA;  then when
> replying with a document also send that SHA in form of a permanent URL
> like say `gemini-object:?sha={SHA}&location=gemini://first-server/...&location=gemini://second-server/...`;
>  then a client (that perhaps has bookmarked that particular version of
> that document) could send that URL to a server (of his choosing via
> configuration, to the first one specified in `location`, etc.) and if
> that server has that document just reply with that, else use
> `location`, else return 404.

  Actually, shouldn't the sever return "defectum:permanens:non_inveni"?

  -spc (Forgot to ask that in my previous email ... )