Question 71 · 385 in bank
The response from a server includes the header ETag: W/`7eb8b94419e371767916ef13e0d6e63d`. Which statement is true?
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Answer: B
Explanation
I agree with FR99: B is the right choice here. Explanation: The ETag HTTP response header is an identifier for a specific version of a resource. It lets caches be more efficient and save bandwidth, as a web server does not need to resend a full response if the content has not changed. Additionally, etags help prevent simultaneous updates of a resource from overwriting each other Syntax: ETag: W/" " Directives: W/ ( Optional) 'W/' (case-sensitive) indicates that a weak validator is used. Weak etags are easy to generate, but are far less useful for comparisons. " " Entity tag uniquely representing the requested resource. They are a string of ASCII characters placed between double quotes, like "675af34563dc-tr34"
Source: Adapted from community discussion — blezzzo



