Re: cvs commit: httpd-2.0/server protocol.c

[Bill Stoddard]

> Roy,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >   Move the keepalives field out of the conn_rec and into an HTTP specific
> > >   connection record.  This also moves some HTTP specific back out of the
> > >   core and into the HTTP module.
> >
> > -1.  First, as I said at the hackathon, these variables are not specific
> > to HTTP.  They record and control limitations on the number of requests
> > per connection.  You can change their names, if you want, but they must
> > be in the connection record for all protocols.
>
> OK, I was not at the HACKATON, but 'keepalive' is an HTTP
> specific protocol mechanism. If not, please refer me to some
> protocol that uses it?? :-))
>

The protocol Lotus Notes uses is keepalive (yea, it is a proprietary protocol and may 
not count in
this discussion).  Doesn't BXXP (is that what it is called now?) maintain persistent 
connections?  I
know of more obscure proprietary protocols that flow multiple requests/response pairs 
over a
persistent connection.

Bill