Harry Henry Gebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >All this capability (which is great in those situations where you need >it) is overkill for many applications. An HTTP connection on the other >hand is very simple, the client makes a request and the server makes a >reply (well, it's a little more complicated than that, but not very). >Usually that's the end of the matter although it is possible to send >another request and get another reply, but I don't know how many >clients actually support this.
Keep-alive, you mean? Lots. I believe most reasonable web browsers nowadays will hold connections open if possible, which tends to be easier on web servers. You need either HTTP/1.0 with the Netscape extensions or HTTP/1.1, but that hasn't really been an issue recently. apt uses HTTP/1.1, so it can make use of this. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
