Re: rsync over http?

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 03/27/05

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    On comp.unix.questions, in
    <1111892673.818937.266700@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
    "pascaldamian@icqmail.com" wrote:

    > Aside from using something like httptunnel, is there
    > something akin to "rsync over http"? Both machines are
    > Unix/Linux and I can install anything on them. I don't
    > care about encryption. But sometimes http is the only
    > [reliable/unshaped/open] channel I've got to the Internet.
    >
    > Regards, Pascal Damian
    >

    You can upload files, as well as download them, via HTTP. It
    would be possible to write a script that would accomplish what
    you want, using a tcp connections established via bash2's
    /dev/tcp/host/port or a simple tcptool like netcat.

    I have, for example, a simple SMTP server scripted in bash
    using the relevant protocol.

    Google for rfc1945 for starters, and look over the HTTP
    protocol. (Sorry, I have the document but not its URL.)

    AC

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