Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 20:28:41 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Cc: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>, new-httpd@apache.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ym g <ymg@graffiti.net> Subject: Re: Zen regarding accept filters Message-ID: <20000729202841.O21967@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000730032146.C1386@hand.dotat.at>; from dot@dotat.at on Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 03:21:46AM %2B0000 References: <20000729130953.10802.qmail@graffiti.net> <20000729104309.D21967@fw.wintelcom.net> <20000730023025.B1386@hand.dotat.at> <20000729200603.A15316@elvis.mu.org> <20000730032146.C1386@hand.dotat.at>
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* Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> [000729 20:22] wrote: > Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> wrote: > > > >This should also incorporate a check for __FreeBSD_version >= 410001. > > I would have thought the check for the existence of SO_ACCEPTFILTER is > sufficient. > > >Also, the fact that it breaks HTTP/0.9 isn't really a big deal if you > >are going to enable this feature. > > Yes, but it does mean that it cannot be enabled by default (since > Apache must be standards-compliant), which is a bit bogus. However you > can use the "dataready" filter and get most of the benefit of the > "httpready" filter without breaking HTTP/0.9. There are a few user > agents that send request headers in more than one packet (e.g. > Netscape when it's sending a POST) but it isn't very common. It's been discussed before, the main culprits are sessions with large sized cookies along with very large GET requests which can force 4-6 context switches without the filters. And there are reported sightings of browsers sending data one character at a time. :( -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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