[Mod_gzip] RE: mod_gzip & Aventail ExtraWeb

[Casadonte, Joe]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your thoughts on this -- I too have more hope now.

> Unless, of course, this Aventail would be modifying the
> Apache data structure representing the HTTP request in a
> way that mod_gzip would fail to understand.

One thing I found today was that the version of Aventail that we're using
outputs HTTP/1.0, even though it can understand HTTP/1.1, so I wonder/worry
that there may be more obstacles to overcome.....

--
Regards,


joe
Joe Casadonte
Global Logistics Technologies, Inc.
jcasadonte@glog.com

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael.Schroepl@telekurs.de 
> [mailto:Michael.Schroepl@telekurs.de]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:03 AM
> To: mod_gzip@lists.over.net
> Subject: Antwort: RE: [Mod_gzip] mod_gzip & Aventail ExtraWeb
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> 
> > It's my understanding that Aventail is basically a rewrite
> > of mod_proxy, so hopefully it has no more of a footprint
> > that stock mod_proxy does.
> > I don't know if the content-encoding comes after mod_proxy
> > in outbound traffic.  If so, I would think we have a much
> > better chance of success.
> > I assume that Aventail is Apache 1.3, at least the version
> > we're using.
> 
> Oh, I think I got it finally.
> 
> Until here I thought of Aventail as being some separate
> server. But if this is a modified Apache, and you are
> able to also load mod_gzip 1.3.x into it and configure
> the whole thing, then I am optimistic that this will work.
> 
> Yes, mod_gzip is working for the output of mod_proxy - I
> am using this mechanism myself.
> So if mod_gzip is loaded _after_ the Aventail module and
> thus will get its hands on the request _first_, this whole
> architecture should work ...
> Unless, of course, this Aventail would be modifying the
> Apache data structure representing the HTTP request in a
> way that mod_gzip would fail to understand.
> 
> Regards, Michael
> 
> 
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