At 10:51 PM -0400 6/23/01, Adam Stern wrote:
>Dear All,
>
> My question wasn't really answered in my last message.
>Here was what I wanted to do.
>Write a server that listens on a port
>When a client connects, the server connects to another remote server.
>Everything the client says to the initial server gets told to the remote
>server, and everything the remote server says gets told to the initial
>client.
<snip>
>I'd like some code examples, or at least a huge hint. Thank you very
>much.
Sounds like you want to do more than one thing at the same time.
You're going to have a hard time doing that within MacPerl, since
MacPerl is not multi-threaded nor multi-tasking (no fork, for
example). This is the same problem that MacPerl faces in a CGI
environment, so you might review the archives to find out what the
current recommendations are for using MacPerl with a web server.
Also, just a minor note, you kept asking about a 'bounce' server.
What you've described above, however, is what I usually hear named a
proxy server.
-Jeff Lowrey
