[Io] Re: Web Clients (was Re: Monticello authentication methods?)

[Todd Blanchard]

Does it work with proxies, cookies, http 1.1/chunked, and do  
authentication?


On Sep 15, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Colin Curtin wrote:

> IIRC, I have facades for every part of HTTPSocket (#httpGet, etc).
> They just have to use "HCFacade" instead. In fact, that's part of the
> key to understanding my package - look at how I implemented the
> HTTPSocket stuff, then realize that life doesn't have to be so hard.
>
> If HTTPSocket has been upgraded since late 2003, then maybe I don't
> have everything.
>
> :D
>
>
> On 9/14/06, Todd Blanchard <tblanchard at mac.com> wrote:
>> Ah, well if you want to help make sure its in there - rewrite all
>> users of HTTPSocket to use your stuff.  Sure way to make it  
>> happen. :-)
>>
>>
>> On Sep 14, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Colin Curtin wrote:
>>
>> > Hey, you mean mine? :)
>> >
>> > I'm still around, and if it's included I could go do a refactor and
>> > maybe implement more stuff one day.
>> >
>> >
>> > Colin
>> >
>> >
>> > On 9/14/06, Todd Blanchard <tblanchard at mac.com> wrote:
>> >> Oh, I thought we had decided on the HC client.   Although, I  
>> confess
>> >> I've been looking at both.  Would the right thing to do be to just
>> >> pick one and replace the existing HTTPSocket implementation  
>> with it?
>> >>
>> >> I really would like to see HTTPSocket die and I'm sorry I didn't
>> >> follow through on that last spring.  For some reason I thought you
>> >> were talking with the author of one or the other packages and  
>> getting
>> >> clearance for inclusion.
>> >>
>> >> On Sep 14, 2006, at 8:58 AM, Ken Causey wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > There was discussion of replacing it within the IO team, but
>> >> never any
>> >> > decision as to what to replace it with.  That was back in  
>> April and
>> >> > there's been no further discussion or action since then that I'm
>> >> aware
>> >> > of.
>> >> >
>> >> > Ken
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 01:23 -0700, Todd Blanchard wrote:
>> >> >> I was under the impression we were going to deprecate that
>> >> stuff in
>> >> >> favor of the  Steve Waring's http client package.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Right Ken?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -Todd Blanchard
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:21 PM, stephane ducasse wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> So why a group of guy start to fix it!
>> >> >>> Let's try to step by step little peeble by little peeble
>> >> >>> improve...No giant step just a tiny and simple one
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>> Note that this is not doing you any good security-wise,  
>> because
>> >> >>>>> MC will
>> >> >>>>> send the basic-auth user:password anyway, and only if that
>> >> fails,
>> >> >>>>> digest
>> >> >>>>> is tried. HTTPSocket authentication needs to be completely
>> >> >>>>> reworked.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Not only authentication, everything. The whole class is just
>> >> awful.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Philippe
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
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