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   Message 52,367 of 53,866   
   Grant Taylor to All   
   Re: RHML server and browser clients for    
   02 Aug 18 13:08:31   
   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 08/02/2018 12:34 AM, xlar54 wrote:   
   > at the moment, webservers dump the pages so quickly that the wifi modem   
   > and/or code cant keep up.   
      
   This seems like a modem / gateway / web server failing to me.   
      
   To me, there are two communication streams, one on either side of the   
   gateway (like the Wifi232).  One is serial to the old computer.  The   
   other is TCP/IP over some sort of network (wired or wireless).   
      
   I would expect that the serial side can be paused by (I think) dropping   
   DTR.  (Maybe it's a different signal.)  The point being for the (retro)   
   computer to indicate that it is not ready to receive any more data from   
   the other end.   
      
   I would also expect that the TCP/IP side could similarly cause the web   
   server to pause sending data.  I'm not completely familiar with the   
   mechanics of how.  But I am confident that the TCP/IP client can tell   
   the sending web server how much buffer it has available.  The idea being   
   that the web server's sending side should not exceed said buffer.   
      
   So … I feel like this problem (as I understand it) is solved.  Or at   
   least it should be.  Hence why I feel like there is a failing somewhere,   
   be it a bug or lack of leveraging the existing mechanisms.   
      
   The Slowloris attack comes to mind as supporting evidence that a TCP/IP   
   client can cause a web server to slow down.  }:-)   
      
      
      
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