Hi Marc,

Persistant Connections, or Keep-Alives, are available for both HTTP 1.0 and
1.1 - providing your Web Server supports it.

In HTTP 1.0, the following property is added by the Web server, to the
Response Header - if the Browser requests it:
...............
Connection: Keep-Alive;
...............

In HTTP 1.1, Keep-Alives are assumed so the Header property is not
necessary.

There are a few "ifs" involved - such as the fact the Browser needs to
support Keep-Alives, and the Web-Server does too.

If you're overriding the HTTP Response header, then you have to decide to
add the Connection: Keep-Alive property dynamically.

Although Keep-Alives assist in faster application responses - adding
Keep-Alives to "every" connection can cause your whole Server to slow down
if it is being heavily used.

Just do a www.google.com search on "HTTP Header Keep-alive" for more
information. Plus check the documentation of your Web Server.

This may also be an ideal time to get a TCP Trace tool, to see if persistant
connections are actually working properly, once you implement them.

Hope this helps. Cheers.......

Scott Cadillac,
Witango.org - http://witango.org
403-281-6090 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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----- Original Message -----
From: "marc herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: Witango-Talk: http header


> i am using tango 3.6, webstar 3.0.2, mac os 9.2
> i don't quite understand the configuration and the use of the http
> header (contained in the header.htx file)
>
> the header that we are using specifies:
> HTTP/1.0 200 OK<@CRLF>Server: WebSTAR/1.0 ID/ACGI<@CRLF>MIME-Version:
> 1.0<@CRLF>Content-Type:
> text/html<@CRLF><@SETCOOKIES><@USERREFERENCECOOKIE><@CRLF><@CRLF>
>
> if i want to take advantage of persistent connections, shouldn't the
> http header specify HTTP/1.1?
>
> where can i find more information on how to configure this header?
>
> marc herman
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