- From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:40:56 -0700
- To: discuss@apps.ietf.org
At 04:54 PM 4/16/2001, ned.freed@mrochek.com wrote: >A better approach would be to use BEEP's multiple >session capability -- the client could send the control document over and the >server could request things from the client on a different channel. The result >is a single connection, just in time data delivery, and no need for the client >to have to try and predict when the server will need something. The >disadvantage is that it's a new protocol, but frankly, if this problem is >worth >solving we should not be afraid of a new protocol to solve it. I like this description quite a lot. It also sounds like exactly the same task that a Web client has when rendering a web page... d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> tel: +1.408.246.8253; fax: +1.408.273.6464
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