[JDEV] (more) File transfers

[Dave]

Yeah, you can use an HTTP POST "request" instead of an HTTP GET.
That's how your browser typically sends form data to a web server.

Dave Cohen <dave at dave.tj>


Michael Brown wrote:
> Is there some way to do an HTTP "push".  The reason I ask, is that it would
> get around some of the NAT problems if I could get my client to initiate a
> file transfer in cases where there is a firewall blocking the normal HTTP
> "get".  Some of the file sharing apps do this, (try for a pull and if that
> fails try a push).  On my local machine (behind NAT) I have the ironic
> situation, where I can send files by ICQ, and receive them via Jabber, but
> not vice versa.  With some sort of "push-pull" method, it would mean that if
> I had my NAT port mapping set up correctly, I could transfer files to anyone
> even if they didn't.