-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andreas Jung wrote: > > > --On 29. August 2006 18:37:45 +0100 Chris Withers > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tres Seaver wrote: >>>> Unlike you, I prefer when the browser waits until Zope >>>> has come up over me having to reload manually until it >>>> finally is ready... >>> >>> The branch Andreas just merged leaves the "fast-bind" option on by >>> default. >> >> Cool, although I can't really see the use ;-) >> > > The usecase is pretty simple: you have a loadbalancer and remove one > backend Zope. The LB detects the removal and stops forwarding request. > When the client comes back (means Zope opens the ports early) the LB > will start forwarding to the client although it might take a while until > the Zope instance is really up and ready to serve request. So by opening > the ports late we are able to reduce the latency and avoid pending > requests.
The other reason for wanting "early binding" to the ports is if the ports are in the "reserved for root" range (< 1024); in that case, the ports *must* be bound early, before dropping privileges to those of the "effective user". Tres - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 202-558-7113 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE9ucV+gerLs4ltQ4RAt+9AJkBLjRKmZaRQWPq2iiKIRAZy+W2hwCfTeW/ FaLZGLsRx8J4JJHNPtnJxy4= =mir0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [email protected] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
