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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: WebAdmin
To: abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us (Alex Belits)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:45:43 +0000 (GMT)
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>   HTTP has implicit transaction identifier as the representation of
> request and response to it are tied together at both client and server
> even though there is no explicit identifier that server and client share.
> This identifier is replaced by the protocol state in the protocol and
> exists on client as paired request and received response to it and at the 
> server as the same thing (sometimes in rather primitive form of CGI
> process id, sometimes as TCP connection, if persistent connections aren't
> used, sometimes explicitly).

This is not terrifically useful for a text-only install on a serial
console.  Remember that whatever technology is selected must work
without http.

What you are describing is an implementation detail for a general
interface.



					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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