Jonathan Neve wrote:

>Jim Starkey wrote:
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>>Compression could easily be handled within the context of the existing
>>remote layering and protocol negotiation. All that is needed is for
>>somebody to put a zlib layer in the the TCP remote module. There are no
>>significant issues at all.
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>Do you have any idea when these ideas could/might be implemented?
>Specifically, over-the-wire compression, because I don't think
>encryption is as urgent an issue (though it would be nice). But
>compression is sorely needed, in order to make communication over a WAN
>more acceptable.
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Look at the modules inet.cpp (Firebird) and PortInet (Vulcan), each in
the remote directory.


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