Scrive Fastream Technologies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Francois Piette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "ICS support mailing" <twsocket@elists.org> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:42 AM > Subject: Re: [twsocket] HTTP compression > > > >> I don't know the FTP component, maybe what I proposed can be > >> modified to share some code for support both protocols? > > > > Probably yes. > > To be honnest, I have no idea about how FTP implement compression. I guess > > > it is just a matter of a > > command sent on the control channel before the actual transfer to signal > > data is compressed and how > > it is. > > FYI, in FTP servers, Mode Z is used for ZLib'ed (deflate) transfers. The > client sends the Mode Z command and the server decides to apply the > compression for download object either by the coefficient it decided on its > own or by the again client's OPTS command. You will need to modify > SendNextData for downloads.
One question could be: should the client automatically decormpress the downloaded file or it should be done by the application? > I can send you code snippets if you would like to have. Just check out > http://www.fastream.com/netfileserver.htm and let me know if this is what > you have on your mind. As said I'm not using the ftp component. Someone that has worked on this can jump in this thread? Bye, Maurizio. ---------------------------------------------------- This mail has been sent using Alpikom webmail system http://www.alpikom.it -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
