RE: Keeping socket open between calls

The client does not support keep-alives.  The server behavior with 
respect to HTTP things like keep-alives is governed by the Web server 
you are using and its configuration.

On 5 Feb 2003 at 13:09, Luke Galea wrote:

> Do you mean that the Apache SOAP server doesn't support keep-alives? Or
> the client?
> 
> I am finding that my attempts at writing a custom SOAP Transport are
> failing as well.. so perhaps you meant the former. This is frustrating..
> 
> I tried using pureTLS instead of JSSE.. no change.. so I think it's the
> JDK itself that is acting up. I am just surprised that this problem
> isn't higher profile!! It makes it unusable. I am finding 0 out of 10
> times it is reusing the connection.
> 
> Luke Galea 
> Software Development
> BlueCat Networks
> 905-762-5225
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Nichol [mailto:snicholnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: February 5, 2003 9:57 AM
> To: soap-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Keeping socket open between calls
> 
> Apache SOAP explicitly closes sockets after each request as it does 
> not support HTTP keep-alives.
> 
> The frequent handshaking is, I believe, caused by JSSE or JDK 1.4 
> marking cached sessions as stale very quickly.  I have run tests in 
> which a cached SSL session is re-used anywhere from 0 to 6 times out 
> of 10.  I have not figured out a way to control this.
> 
> On 4 Feb 2003 at 11:42, Luke Galea wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello!! I am trying to make Apache SOAP keep my ssl socket open in 
> > between calls in order to prevent un-needed handshaking.
> > 
> > Has anyone had success doing something similar? I am currently trying 
> > to use a custom SSLSocketFactorywithout much success.. perhapsa new
> transport would work? Why 
> > isn(tm)t something like this included or available anywhere? 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Luke Galea 
> > Software Development
> > BlueCat Networks
> > 905-762-5225
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Scott Nichol
> 
> 


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