----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurizio Lotauro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" <twsocket@elists.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] HTTP compression
> Scrive Fastream Technologies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [...] > >> The server then starts compression (deflate works by packet-by-packet >> way) > > I see that some ftp program can download a .gz version of a file. This is > a > different think, right? > ZLib basically supports two formats: Deflate/.z and GZip/.gz. The second one is the first one plus headers/trailers and in order to form the headers, it needs the entire file to be compressed prior to first packet is sent. We use .gz for HTTP because it is better compatible with browsers but for FTP, deflate is the standard. Best Regards, SubZ > > 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 -- 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
