Re: Can openssl be used to generate "keep alive" traffic without sending user data?

2009-04-16 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 04:53:07PM -0400, Mark Zeren wrote: > I have an application which uses long running HTTP POST requests. Once > the POST has been sent the client cannot send any more bytes on the > TCP connection. However I would like to generate keep alive traffic to > probe the state of t

Can openssl be used to generate "keep alive" traffic without sending user data?

2009-04-16 Thread Mark Zeren
I have an application which uses long running HTTP POST requests. Once the POST has been sent the client cannot send any more bytes on the TCP connection. However I would like to generate keep alive traffic to probe the state of the connection. Can I do this by forcing OpenSSL to generate traffic i