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Content addressable means the URI contains some information uniquely describing the content (typically a cryptographic hash). So if you load https://cdn/js/e3b0
by jonhohle 3y ago
Content addressable means the URI contains some information uniquely describing the content (typically a cryptographic hash). So if you load https://cdn/js/e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855.js https://cdn/js/e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b9... you’ll always know it will contain exactly the same contents, regardless of where it comes from (and that can be verified by the client as well).
- zaphirplane 3y agoIn the hypothetical I describe the content of web app is fixed the app itself isn’t Kind of like linking to the newest song, the link is static the content changes