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RE: revised proposal for file upload from browser to server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fisher Mark)
Wed Nov 2 09:11:56 1994
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:51:46 +0100
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From: Fisher Mark <FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com>
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Just for the record, in the neolithic environment of DOS/Windows, there is
no guarantee that a helper application can function as a separate process
that takes over the TCP/IP socket to the Web server. Some Windows TCP/IP
versions that conform to the WinSock API may allow it, but it is not
required by the spec. The best that can be done is to write the helper as a
DLL (dynamically-linked library, similar to a UNIX shared library).
This is overcome in Windows NT, as a socket is just a special kind of file
descriptor. Does anyone have enough Windows95 experience to comment on its
capabilities?
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Mark Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN
"Just as you should not underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon
traveling 65 mph filled with 8mm tapes, you should not overestimate
the bandwidth of FTP by mail."
