Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Having some questions on cpp-netlib

[Александр М. <am...@ma...>]

Hello Glyn,

Thursday, July 22, 2010, 5:54:20 PM, you wrote:

GM> Hello Alex,

GM> 2010/7/21 Александр Мартынов <am...@ma...>
GM>  Hello!

GM>  Sorry, I am not a developer, I am simply interesting on
GM> cpp-netlib library, but I was not found any support mailing list.

GM>  My questions are:
GM> 1) HTTP client and SSL. How I can compile client without HTTPS
GM> support (which adds dependency on openssl library). I try to
GM> define BOOST_NETWORK_NO_HTTPS, but it not work. I try to lookup in
GM> code for BOOST_NETWORK_NO_HTTPS or BOOST_NETWORK_HTTPS, but there is no occurences found.
GM> Some https features found in
GM> boost\network\protocol\http\impl\sync_connection_base.hpp, but
GM> they are unconditional and can't be stripped.

GM> What version of cpp-netlib are you using?  There was a discussion
GM> about this a month and a half ago and the decision was to define a
GM> macro BOOST_NETWORK_ENABLE_HTTPS in order to explicitly opt-in to
GM> using SSL.  However, this has not yet been implemented.  It is not
GM> possible to compile the HTTP client without SSL in the current release (0.6).

GM> http://www.mail-archive.com/cpp...@li.../msg00443.html

I am using version 0.5 of cpp-netlib. I was read that discussion, but wasn't understand
is that implemented or not. I think this point is important to implement - library will
be more lightweight when external dependecies will be removed.

GM> 2) cpp-netlib is hard C++ library, and I can't understand it.

GM> The internal details can be quite obscure, but it is a stated
GM> goal that using the library should not be hard to do.  Admittedly,
GM> the documentation is still incomplete but I am making an effort to
GM> make it more accessible.  If you have anything specific you want
GM> addressed, please let me know and I will try to deal with it.
GM>  
GM> I think that HTTP server (in sample) is serial (not a parallel)
GM> and handles requests consistently. Hard worker requests can easy
GM> get denial of service when incoming connection overfull connection
GM> accept queue. I am right? Is the way to make parallel server,
GM> which handles requess in different threads?

GM> I think you're right.  The HTTP server provided is very simple,
GM> but eventually cpp-netlib ought to provide the building blocks for
GM> more complex servers.  I know Dean has more ideas on this, he
GM> could let you know more about his plans.

Usage is quite simple, if that described in documentation ;)
But its much incomplete, and research for details is difficult.


                                      Alex Martynov