[Info-vax] proper file format, attributes for non-binary files served by a web server

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/21/2012 12:13 PM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>>     Imagine what must be done to handle a byte-range request
>> when the source is a variable-length-record-format file with
>> embedded byte counts.  Why ask for trouble?
>
> The default OSU configuration file has a byterange hack which was to
> enable PDF files to display more quickly.  However, with faster
> connections these days, it might be more efficient to remove it.

Nobody else seems to use byterange these days.

Arne