> Do you see any wholes in my logic? I don't.
Contribute to the SSL Effort. Visit http://www.overbyte.be/eng/ssl.html -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of ICS (Internet Component Suite, freeware) Author of MidWare (Multi-tier framework, freeware) http://www.overbyte.be ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cosmin Prund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" <twsocket@elists.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] Posting data toweb serverusing THttpCliunder usercontrol > Francois Piette wrote: > > This is proxy implementation dependent. The proxy could buffer the document > > up to some point and then give up and forward everything. It could also > > handle document differently according to the content-type. > > > > If you consider this would not happend, then it's OK for me. I'm just giving > > you the ideas I have :-) > > > > > > Thanks for the input, it's good to know how things might fail :) > > For my "downstream" connection I'll use the following logic (when proxy > is enabled): > (a) Try CONNECT; If it fails go to (b) > (b) Start my standard HTTP Wizardry; At the first NOP received send an > "ACK" to the server, letting it know I actually got the message. If the > server has a "real" message to send (ie: not a NOP) and it hasn't > received any NOP-confirmation yet, I'll send the message and then close > the connection. If the server has already received an ACK for a NOP when > it needs to send the real message (and the ACK was received in a timely > manner) I'll know the proxy is relaying all sent data in a timely manner > and I'll send the "real" message without closing the connection. > > In my opinion this should work, no matter how the server is configured. > It should also work if I'm dealing with an transparent proxy (so I don't > actually know I'm dealing with a proxy). Do you see any wholes in my logic? > > Unfortunately for my "upstream" connection I only have two options: use > CONNECT or use successive POST's; The "successive POSTs" variant doesn't > sound all that good, since I also want to "tunnel" interactive traffic > through the HTTP proxy (interactive=VNC, not plain-old chat; Chat would > pose no problem) > > Thanks, > Cosmin Prund > -- > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list > please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
