RE: LDAP access through HTTP-CONNECT

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 03:41 PM 6/6/2001, Harsha Reddy wrote:
>Hi Michael,
>
>We used the package from http://www.htthost.com/ to 
>tunnel LDAP via HTTP.
>
>It has nothing to do with LDAP.  
>HTTPort tunnels any TCP/IP traffic.
>
>Try  it out.  You can get a free eval copy. Fairly easy to use.

There is also simpleproxy (find it through freshmeat or
sourceforge).


>Regards,
>Harsha
>Pelori, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
>[mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Michael
>Stroder
>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:32 AM
>To: openldap-software
>Subject: LDAP access through HTTP-CONNECT
>
>
>HI!
>
>Sometimes it's handy for a LDAP client to access a LDAP server
>through a firewall's HTTP proxy. This can be achieved by piping a
>TCP connection through a channel provided by the HTTP proxy. This
>pipe is requested with HTTP-CONNECT method.
>
>Is or will this be possible with OpenLDAP 2 libs? Any other LDAP
>libs capable of this?
>
>Ciao, Michael.