Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-31 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Tomas, > > httpGate does have such a fallback: If a file (or symbolic link) named > > "void" > > exists, it is sent as a reply for terminated sessions. > > thanks, this is good to know as this didn't exist when I needed it. I think it exists since early on. But was not documented ;) >

Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-31 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Alex, On Sat 29 Aug 2020 at 09:22, Alexander Burger wrote: >> This could be fixed by adding a fallback case to httpGate. > > httpGate does have such a fallback: If a file (or symbolic link) named "void" > exists, it is sent as a reply for terminated sessions. It may contain > anything, >

Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-29 Thread andreas
Benefit with session-id in URL/page vs. session cookies: zero cross-site request forgery risk. On 29.08.20 08:53, Tomas Hlavaty wrote: > Hi Grant, > > On Sat 29 Aug 2020 at 01:04, Grant Shangreaux > wrote: >>> I suspect other apps

Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-29 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Tomas, Grant, > unfortunately, httpGate has a fatal flaw: when a session ends, users end > up with a dead url. You have to train your users to know what to do in > such situation. This is actually not a flaw of httpGate, but results from the fact that when a session expires, it is gone. No

Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-29 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Grant, On Sat 29 Aug 2020 at 01:04, Grant Shangreaux wrote: >> I suspect other apps cannot handle this. > > i thought this was probably the case. just wondered if someone out > there may have tried and come up with a solution already :) unfortunately, httpGate has a fatal flaw: when a

Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-28 Thread Grant Shangreaux
Hi Alex and Davide, thanks for the reply > I suspect other apps cannot handle this. i thought this was probably the case. just wondered if someone out there may have tried and come up with a solution already :) - Grant -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe

Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-27 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Grant, > Can httpGate be used as a reverse proxy for other web applications that don't > happen to be PicoLisp? I like how simple it is compared to the other servers > I've tried to configure. I'm not sure how useful it is for other applications. It cooperates tightly with the PicoLisp

httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-27 Thread Grant Shangreaux
Can httpGate be used as a reverse proxy for other web applications that don't happen to be PicoLisp? I like how simple it is compared to the other servers I've tried to configure. Thanks! Grant

Re: httpGate for non-picolisp apps

2020-08-27 Thread Davide BERTOLOTTO
I suppose so, you can start it from the command line and have it listen to a port. I am not sure that it will work with the configuration file tough, since I understood that it takes care of stopping and starting the picolisp processes. Someone more expert can confirm or deny that ;-) D. On Thu,