This email is to announce the new Apache2::POST200: http://search.cpan.org/~opi/Apache2-POST200-0.03/lib/Apache2/POST200.pod
The module implements an output filter that intercepts replies with HTTP code 200 to request using the POST method. It turns them into redirects (HTTP code 302) saving the original output. When the redirected request comes in the page is sent. The module can be useful in several situations: 1) It can simplify developement, since you don't need to bother to generate the redirects by yourself. 2) It can "repair" external WEB applications. Sometimes you need to deploy applications not written by yourself. If they answer with code 200 to POST requests the "Refresh", "Back" and "Forward" buttons in the browser would not work as expected. Put Apache2::POST200 in and these problems are gone. 3) Consider a typical frontend/backend configuration where the frontend serves static content and proxies dynamic content to the backend. Using Apache2::POST200 in the frontend can take load off the backend. Often it takes comparable time to generate the redirect response for the initial request or the wanted page for the redirected. In both requests the both frontend and backend are involved. Using Apache2::POST200 on the frontend unburdens the backend from the redirected request. The load on the frontend is almost the same. Hope some people find it useful... Torsten
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