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RTP: One protocol to rule them all?
refining the ideas behind HTTP, BitTorrent, Gemini, and 9p to create a simple protocol for reliably transferring large immutable files. ...
refining the ideas behind HTTP, BitTorrent, Gemini, and 9p to create a simple protocol for reliably transferring large immutable files. the payload of non-error responses to READ requests MUST be the empty string if and only if offset is greater than or equal to the total number of bytes in the resource, or if length is 0. if neither of these conditions are met, the payload MUST NOT be the empty string. (this is based off of plan9 dial strings, since it seems to be the only well-specified way of specifying a method of transport)(zero or more) t: list of mime types that the resource may be interpreted as.
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