automatic compression over communication channel ?

From: Vu Pham (vu_at_sivell.com)
Date: 01/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:50:10 -0600

I am sorry if this question is not appropriate for this forum.

In my client/server app, I compress the data at one end and the other will
decompress it. To do this, I must implement the zlib api at the
"application" level : I know in advance how long this transaction will be,
then I compress it, add a flag and some parameters to notify the other end
about this compression ...For apps that currently do not have the
compression, I need to change a lot of codes..

I wonder if there is any way I can implement the compression at a lower
level - somewhere below my application level and above the tcp level - so
that I just need to call, say zsend() or zrecv() and these functions will do
the compression/decompression. stuff.

Thanks,

Vu

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