[ticker-dev] ticker-3.0 spec - Replace on Message ID

Julian Boot julian at dstc.monash.edu.au
Tue Apr 9 11:11:53 EST 2002


Ian Lister wrote:

> It also requires clients to keep track of which subscriptions particular
> messages came in on, and to only accept replacements on those same
> subscriptions. Not a particularly significant issue I guess, just a minor
> complication.

well, in Java, Notification.getSource() returns the subscription, for
just this purpose.

combined with the ability to check if a notification was secure, I don't
see it as overly onerous for the developer to use keys to manage
authenticated replacements.

-J





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