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Interestingly, rsync can be used via an HTTP proxy, so presumably the protocol gets divided into HTTP requests. Doesn't seem too crazy really: HTTP supports par
by pmjordan 18y ago
Interestingly, rsync can be used via an HTTP proxy, so presumably the protocol gets divided into HTTP requests. Doesn't seem too crazy really: HTTP supports partial downloads and uploads, and the rolling hashes can be easily be encoded in HTTP requests, too.
- jacquesm 18y agoYes, but the more useful options that rsync supports, such as all the file manipulation gear won't work via http so you'll end up with a subset of the functionality. interesting development: http://zsync.moria.org.uk/paper/ http://zsync.moria.org.uk/paper/