In message <f11ff3cf-d363-4af0-a030-b72cd68dd...@puck.nether.net>, Jared Mauch writes: > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote: > > > Oh you mean that option that never made it past a internet-draft > > that expired 13 years ago[1] and is in the private range[2] to boot. > > > > If you want proxy discovery to work on all devices complete the > > process of getting a code point allocated then get the OS vendors > > to query for it. 252 is fine for experimenting / proof of concept > > but it really is the wrong value for long term use. > > > > Mark > > > > [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-wrec-wpad-01 > > [2] > http://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-dhcp-parameters/bootp-dhcp-parameter > s.xhtml > > > > Sure! > > I've found that Microsoft devices honor this option, but others do not. > > I would be in support of something similar to provide this support, but > the part of my original reply you missed is that the content is > deliberately not-cachable on the part of either the CDN or the > originator. Microsoft patches are also not easily cacheable as well > because they only request about 100Kb per request, so you get an awful > lot of HTTP/206. > > They also make it easier to run local caches for an enterprise. > > The apple process requires the full patch to come down in one-shot and > doesn't like being interrupted. > > It might be easier for Warren to ship each customer a 16GB USB with the > whole set of images for each device type. Then again, they would have to > know how to use them.... I know what to do, but my other family members, > not so much... > > - Jared
So you fix one part at a time. Each part is independently fixable. Each part helps by itself. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
