Re: problems with Net::LDAP 0.16 on solaris

[Chris R. <Chr...@me...>]

On Tue, 09 May 2000 07:49:30 BST, Graham Barr wrote:
> On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 10:40:44PM -0700, Pythagoras Watson wrote:
> > I have attached a script that can be used to cause this problem.
> > Basically, the script sits between your client and the LDAP server.
> > Client requests are sent to the server.  Server responses are sent to
> > the client, but are split into small packets that arrive slowly.  This
> > causes asn_recv() to enter this "if" statement:
> >   74        if ($len > length $buf) {
> >   75          # Cannot get whole element
> >   76          $_[1]='';
> >   77          return $peer;
> >   78        }
> 
> While I would agree that this would cause the problem with asn_recv, it does
> not explain why scripts hang when we use asn_read instead of asn_recv.
> 
> If I could fix that I would just change back to using read instead
> of recv which is what previous versions of Net::LDAP use.

That would certainly make it easier to get LDAPS working again...

Chris