[Paul Prescod]

>  Mike Champion wrote:
>  >
>  > This works for small transactions asking for Web pages, but when Web
>  > services start running transactions that take some time to complete over
>  > the protocol, the model fails. "If it takes three minutes for a
response,
>  > it is not really HTTP any more," Box said. The problem, said Box, is
that
>  > the intermediaries -- that is, the companies that own the routers and
>  > cables between the client and server -- will not allow single
>  > transactions that take this long."'
> 
>  You simply register a callback and are informed when your information is
>  ready. It's two hours work to implement.
> 

Works like a charm, and because your callback daemon would be so
specialized, it won't to vulnerable to a lot of exploit approaches.  That's
useful.

Cheers,

Tom P


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