> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Jim Jagielski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008 18:55 > An: dev@httpd.apache.org > Betreff: Re: ping for http in mod_proxy > > > On Feb 13, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group wrote: > > > > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: Jim Jagielski > >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008 17:07 > >> An: dev@httpd.apache.org > >> Betreff: ping for http in mod_proxy > >> > >> I've started looking at adding "ping" support for > >> mod_proxy_http to complement whats in mod_proxy_ajp... > >> The idea is to send a simple OPTIONS * to the backend > >> and hope for a reply. > >> > >> The rub is that I've been working on 2 separate > >> implementations: one talks direct to the socket and the > >> other basically tries to do what ap_proxy_http_request() > >> and ap_proxy_http_process_response() does, as far > >> as using brigades, etc... The former is much further > >> along, btw. > > > > We cannot use the socket approach since we need to be able to > > handle SSL backend connections and this requires the brigades - > > filters > > approach. > > The initial approach was to not honor SSL connections and > just ignore that... The idea that we really want a fast and > dirty "Are you there" flag, so to avoid as much overhead > as possible...
Sorry for my I-want-it-all-at-once approach :-). But this leaves the problems (most notably PR 37770) open for SSL backend connection (which would be a pity). So IMHO the socket approach would be only a first step. Regards Rüdiger
