Re: HTTP Post/Response/ACK tcp flow...

2006-08-22 Thread Doug Arthur
Thanks for the responses. That's basically what I thought... I was working on providing written proof that even the Response is an automatic behavior of http and the ack cannot be handled in anyway programatically. I was facing my IT Leadership that only knows about tcp communication an osi and the

Re: HTTP Post/Response/ACK tcp flow...

2006-08-22 Thread Nathan Strutz
Yep, HTTP and web applications are way, way above and removed from TCP ACK types of things. The way I see it, you have 2 options. 1) have the request hang while you process the data 2) require a post-back URL I personally would rather use a web service and stick with #1, but then I don't know you

RE: HTTP Post/Response/ACK tcp flow...

2006-08-22 Thread Dave Watts
> When another service (Requestor) sends a POST to one of our servers > (Responder), that page they POST to sends a Response by protocol, and > the Requestor sends back an Acknowledgement of that Response... Now, > how in the world can we make or server recognize that acknowledgment > and if it d

HTTP Post/Response/ACK tcp flow...

2006-08-22 Thread Doug Arthur
I figured I'd throw this out to these groups since there are a lot of intelligent people on here... When another service (Requestor) sends a POST to one of our servers (Responder), that page they POST to sends a Response by protocol, and the Requestor sends back an Acknowledgement of that Response