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Re: Bug in libcurl in multithreaded program

From: Götz Babin-Ebell <babinebell_at_trustcenter.de>
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:10:52 +0200

Avery Fay wrote:

> On linux and FreeBSD: everything is fine regardless of protocol (HTTP,
> HTTPS, FTP) and number of threads
> On windows: HTTP and HTTPS work fine regardless of number of threads. FTP
> is ok until about 4 threads or so and then everything grinds nearly to a
> halt.

What kind of windows are you using ?

AFAIR M$ has crippled the IP stacks of the home user's Windows
(95,98,...)
So if you want to run a server accepting more than ~4 connections,
you have to use a real operating system.

(Pay big bucks to M$ or get one for free...)

Bye

Goetz

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Received on 2002-06-04