Re: Linux sockets
- Posted by Kat <kat at kogeijin.com> Nov 08, 2002
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On 8 Nov 2002, at 8:57, jbrown105 at speedymail.org wrote: <snip> > I don't have my Linux EU proxy server code anymore (that never really > worked > anyways) but I'll go over the libs I have and see what I can whip up for > you > I guess. > > Be warned: I can TRY to get you something, but I an not guarrentte it > will > work. (Note that I use Linux, not FreeBSD. Shouldnt make that big a > difference, > though.) I think there is a use for this on *nix, as i asked for it, and someone else did also, and Robert hasto be using it in the email filter service he runs, and anything one does on a reliable shell hosting company will be on some form of *nix. I know i have seen httpd written for tcl, but darned if i can find them now. I have used perl to do irc mirroring, but i don't want to nuke the shell or host by using trial and error to get a http proxy on a *nix shell on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. I simply won't be responcible for other's losing the use of the box because i want to experiment, and i can't have someone standing by to restart it. The problem for those of us on windoze isn't the generic code, it's the OS-specific interface: how to bind to sockets, release them, send to and recieve from them. And remote admin'ing them, how to start them, verify we have permissions to use the port, and anything else different on *nix. I did try to run a box on RedHat for about 6 months. Rebooting *nix every few minutes, when the win95 box kept on chugging for weeks, wasn't my vision of nirvana. I finally pulled the harddrive and set it on the shelf, where it is currently doing a much better job collecting dust than it ever did as a puter OS. Kat