- From: Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:11:33 -0800
- To: Philippe Verdy <verdy_p@wanadoo.fr>
- Cc: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 11:47:20AM +0200, Philippe Verdy wrote: >... > A simple test on many web servers (despite they are using a recent Apache > version with mod_perl extension, and even with mod_php allowed), will reveal > that most of web servers used by web hosting providers do not allow any DAV > protocol because of these limitation: Okay, so you're suggesting that, say, Apache users cannot use DAV because they don't have mod_dav installed. Fair enough, and entirely true. Then, you go on to state that your PHP-based solution will solve the problem. Not at all. I would still need to install that on my system. All you've done is changed "install mod_dav" to "install PHP and this script". That doesn't help anything. >... > I think personally that a light version of DAV without HTTP server extension > is possible now, without modifying the server to enable new HTTP extensions, > and without changing the core of DAV. You *still* have to modify the server to enable your tunneled protocol. > If the conceptors of DAV do not want > to implement it, users will do it themselves ! Fine. Please feel free. Implement it to your heart's content. I don't see Microsoft changing their clients (Web Folders, Office, etc). I don't see Joe Orton upgrading his clients. I doubt gnome-vfs will switch. I can't see Adobe changing all of their clients to use it. etc etc. DAV has widespread buy-in in its current form. Which users do you believe *want* this kind of change? And which users will be writing the code to make the change? > Your answer suggests me that I could form a group to implement an > encapsulation of DAV over POST, You sure can. Nobody can prevent you from doing such a thing. I just don't see that you'll get any buy-in to the approach. The only benefit to the tunneling approach is proxy/firewall navigation. In my experience, that has impacted relatively few people. I also believe Jim is incorrect with his "2 years" timeline. Proxies started updating their code about two years ago. Many proxies are now DAV-capable and are being deployed. Again, it is rare that I see a problem report due to a proxy problem. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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