From: Constantine Plotnikov <constantine.plotnikov@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:52:22 GMT
Subject: Re: git+http:// proof-of-concept (not using CONNECT)
Message-ID: <85647ef50907020252u41e36187jaacacad3d8a10f75@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090702085440.GC11119@dcvr.yhbt.net>

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Eric Wong<normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
> This doesn't work in the face of most HTTP-aware proxies[1], so it
> probably doesn't help those who have trouble accessing git:// servers in
> the first place...  However, this could potentially be useful in places
> where a proxy providing CONNECT is not available.
>
The current lore is that to work with http proxies two separate
streams are needed,
one for input and one for outputs.

This technique is described at
http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0124.html#technique
and other places.

Regards,
Constantine