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

[Harrie Hazewinkel]

Bill Stoddard wrote:
> >
> 
> The protocol Lotus Notes uses is keepalive (yea, it is a proprietary protocol and 
>may not count in
> this discussion).

Yes, that may. As a protocol guru I am probably not allowed to see the
protocol definition?? :-))


>  Doesn't BXXP (is that what it is called now?) maintain persistent connections? 

BEEP as it is now called. My understanding of BEEP is that it just
keeps the connection open like FTP when it is mapped upon TCP.
That is not really keep-alive as defined in HTTP.

> I
> know of more obscure proprietary protocols that flow multiple requests/response 
>pairs over a
> persistent connection.

OK, keep-alive could indeed be more generic. I never really thought
of proprietary protocols.

Harrie
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