Re: proxy server allows using std Mosaic with Term

Lou Montulli (montulli@stat1.cc.ukans.edu)
Tue, 15 Feb 1994 23:57:17 --100


> a connection to www1.cern.ch:911 and forwards the request to it, which
> forwards it to the real service. Works great! (Well, actually, I'm
> getting a few core dumps in Mosaic 2.2, but I assume that's some other
> problem, like the fact that I'm running Solaris 2.2). The same approach
> should work for any browser which supports proxying. So now all the folks
> out there with Unix machines and Term, but no Motif, can run Mosaic.
>
Actually the core dumps are my fault :( I sent out diffs with a
serious bug. :( :( :(
on line 175 of libwww2/HTAccess.c change:
/* proxy servers have precedence over gateway servers */
if (proxy) {
char * gatewayed;
StrAllocCopy(gatewayed,proxy);
StrAllocCat(gatewayed,addr);

to:
/* proxy servers have precedence over gateway servers */
if (proxy) {
char * gatewayed=0;
StrAllocCopy(gatewayed,proxy);
StrAllocCat(gatewayed,addr);

Sorry about the bug but I figured xmosaic needed at least one so
that we would have something to complain about. :)

:lou

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