Am Di 8. April 2008 schrieb Mikko Rauhala: > On ti, 2008-04-08 at 11:30 +0200, Sander van Grieken wrote: > > > Over the last weekend, I've been working a bit on a prototype proxy > > > doing streaming html/xml diffs (dubbed mldiffs) based on a shared cache, > > > largely as described here: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Server:WebProxy > > > > "improvement: it would be better NOT to modify the client, but instead have > > a 'reassembly proxy' on the client, so that all http clients/user agents > > benefit without hacks. The reassembly proxy could then inject a cookie to > > keep track of page versions." > > Yeah that's actually pretty much what I've done so far. Using a custom > header, to be exact.
[...] > > It might even be extended to a session manager that keeps your (XMPP, IRC, > > etc) sessions open even when switching from Wifi to GPRS or vice versa. This > > would make possible 'handovers' when losing Wifi coverage. The server and > > client proxies just reconnect over the other channel while the endpoints will > > not disconnect. > > Now this is an excellent idea, but I'm not so sure if it should be an > extension of this. First, a mobile diffing proxy is useful in many > places where one might not need those other things, and second, it's > less important to keep a single session going all the time with web > browsing. > > Also, such a session manager would be rather simple on its own, which is > always a nice thing for maintainability. The web proxy could perhaps > just be routed through it, though; it would make things smoother for it > too in some situations. > > Should really also check if someone's already done that sort of thing, > one would think someone might've... Andy Green is considering a VPN based concept that's close to this. jOERG _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
