[modperl 1.27] Problem regarding Perl*Handler and the HTTP request line

Hi all Apologise if I have posted to the wrong list. I am quite new to the Perl*Handlers. Iam wondering if it is possibleto write a handler which parses the very first header line, say.. telnet localhost http Trying 127.0.0.1 Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]' [C]

Re: [modperl 1.27] Problem regarding Perl*Handler and the HTTPrequest line

where the line followed by [C] stands for the line sent by the client, and the line followed by [S] is the line sent by some perl module. It sounds to me as though you want to use Apache as a network service framework. Not a bad idea, but Apache already stands on a set protocol. Is this

Re: [modperl 1.27] Problem regarding Perl*Handler and the HTTPrequest line

if my 'new http method' you mean something other that GET, POST, PUT, etc then no, you cannot (in Apache 1.3, at least). yea. you got exactly what I mean!! :D I want to put this non HTTP thing together with some other Apache::Registry scripts on the same port 80 with modperl 1.27 and Apache