Re: Missed Items

I think this is possibly ok, but I want to think about it for
a bit (I'm a bit wary of (c) below - can't see why a client
would bother checking?)

Stephen.

> 1. Fingerprint
> The I-D has a LastModified element in the credential format (section 3.2).
> The proposal is that this be replaced with a fingerprint which would be
> used as follows:
> 
> a) Returned by the server in the upload response (Framework section 5.1).
> b) Optionally sent with the credentials in an upload request.  If it is not
> included then the credentials are replaced unconditionally.
> c) Optionally sent along with the credential selector in a download
> request(Framework section 5.2).
> 
> The intention is that if the client has locally cached credentials then it
> could use the fingerprint to conditionally download credentials if they are
> newer.

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