NRTM proposal

Tue Mar 12 16:03:31 CET 2002

> 
> Hi,
> 
> "Lu, Ping" wrote:
> > As I said before if the client can do whatever they want 
> without maintaining
> > 
> > the correct serial-numbers then how can you tell the data 
> is up-to-date ?
> 
> To be more precise. The data is up to date if the highest 
> serial number
> on the mirror server matches the highest serial number on the client.
> 
> -- Arnd
> 

Exactly. That's why the client can't just ignore any private object. It will
need to do a dummy update to advance the serial numbers.

Ping Lu
Cable & Wireless USA
Network Tools and Analysis Group
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