FileBackedHTTPMetadaProvider fetch/refresh frequency determined by ?

[Baron Fujimoto]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 03:38:46PM -0500, Tom Scavo wrote:
: 
: > How does Shib figure whether the remote metadata has been updated?  Is
: > it determining that from the metadata itself?  E.g. I see a timestamps in
: > the InCommon metadata "INC20111212T194600" or something else (diff with
: > current local saved copy?)
: 
: See: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/44GVAQ

Thanks again for the explanation.  I guess Shib is cacheing the HTTP
headers (or at least "Last Modified" and/or ETag) internally to use
HTTP conditional GET?

-baron
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