On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 21:49, Andrew Ho wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Tim Churches wrote: > ... > > Sure, but HTTPS browser-to-web server communication assumes that the > > practice is always connected to the Internet, which is usually not the > > case. > ... > > Tim, > Browser-to-remote web server is not the only possible architecture when > using HTTPS. We can also deply Browser-to-local web server-to-remote web > server. The local web server can provide store-and-forward function.
Which web server is that? I bet you are going to tell me that with extra programming to make it do so, any web server can provide store and forward functions for applications which need to communicate with each other. Well, in anticipation, yes, but isn't that what email systems and other purpose-built messaging platforms (like Jabber) are for? -- Tim C PGP/GnuPG Key 1024D/EAF993D0 available from keyservers everywhere or at http://members.optushome.com.au/tchur/pubkey.asc Key fingerprint = 8C22 BF76 33BA B3B5 1D5B EB37 7891 46A9 EAF9 93D0
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