On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:55:09 +0100, Daniel Wippermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Also, I haven't looked at the code yet, but does it use socks if >> appropriate? > > >No, not yet. The nsSOCKSIOLayer class lacks support for binding and >accepting SOCKS sockets. Perhaps someone with SOCKS knowledge could >complete this... > >This means that a second new method in nsISocketTransportProvider would >be necessary: > nsIServerSocket createServerSocketOfType (in string socketType, in long >port, in nsIServerSocketListener listener, in nsISupports ctxt); >
Well, we probably do want ssl server sockets, so thats not a bad idea. But the proxy stuff should be done using a proxyInfo object instead. >Like it's pendant "createTransportOfType" this enables server socket >creation using an IO layer like SOCKS. > > >Daniel > Bradley
