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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:03:06 -0400
From: Chuck Murcko <chuck@topsail.org>
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Subject: Re: HTTP/1.1 support for mod_proxy -> patch
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Graham Leggett wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Here is the patch for mod_proxy to do HTTP/1.1 support. It's a patch
> against v1.3.12.
> 
> The patch has been tested on Solaris and Linux, but I'd appreciate it if
> people could give it a try on other platforms, specifically Windows.
> 
> Some issues:
> 
> - I know very little about chunked encoding - can someone with a better
> understanding of it tell me whether it works with this patch?
> 
> - Changes to the ftp proxy code were trivial, but I'd appreciate it if
> it could be checked I didn't break anything.
> 
> The patch is a rewrite and reorganisation of the HTTP caching code in
> mod_proxy. It fixes most of the FIXMEs in the original proxy
> implementation.
> 
> The patch does coexist with mod_ssl as long as it's applied to the tree
> before mod_ssl is.
> 
> Coming soon: Keepalive support. Stay tuned.
> 
Opps. Forgot this. +1.

The chunking support and the little quirks in FTP (don't think this
patch changes anything there) can be fixed before 1.3.13, assuming there
will ever be one.
-- 
Chuck
Chuck Murcko
Topsail Group
chuck@topsail.org