Re: [users@httpd] deflate vs gzip

2005-06-30 Thread Nick Kew
Octavian Rasnita wrote: Would it be a better idea to use Apache's modules for > compression? Probably. Perl Compress::Zlib is generic, whereas mod_deflate (which does gzip, despite the name) is web-aware. If you use the perl, then you have to worry about dealing with HTTP yourself, including n

[users@httpd] deflate vs gzip

2005-06-30 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi, Which is the recommended way of sending the compressed data? Deflate, or gzip? It is prefered the one which is faster and that compress better. Now I am compressing the dynamic pages using the perl module Compress::Zlib (using gzip). Would it be a better idea to use Apache's modules for comp