Re: [libmicrohttpd] POST data sequence question

[Christian Grothoff]

The offset comes from MHD counting bytes, not from the client.

Happy hacking,

Christian

On 12/20/2011 05:47 PM, Keith Mendoza wrote:
> I figured that much. A follow-up question: is the offset provided by the
> client as part of multi-part or is this a libmicrohttpd thing? I just
> want to know if I need throw a security warning if it does happen.
>
> On Dec 20, 2011 6:20 AM, "Andreas Wehrmann"
> <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>     On 12/19/2011 10:20 PM, Keith Mendoza wrote:
>
>         I'm just wondering if it's possible when a client is uploading a
>         file
>         that the content arrives out of sequence. For example is it possible
>         to get let's say a sequence of offset values: 0, 50, 10, 20, 30, 40?
>
>         I'm under the impression that this will not happen but I just
>         want to make sure.
>
>
>     You don't need to worry about out-of-order data since HTTP is built
>     upon TCP.
>
>     Regards,
>     Andreas
>
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