[racket-dev] https connections in tests in drdr?

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 2 14:42:16 EDT 2012

Right, something like that was my thinking. Seems a little bit more
reliable test. But if it isn't a problem, then I don't want to make it
be one.

Robby

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
> If we just want to test HTTPS, then another option is to always run a
> trusted HTTPS server (like Apache) on DrDr and have it contact that... so it
> doesn't rely on the real network. (That is, if we don't want to have the
> test spawn a Racket implemented HTTPS server.)
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Robby Findler <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> It just failed for me so I wasn't sure if it was really a very reliable
>> test.
>>
>> But I don't know what it is trying to test, actually, so maybe
>> everything is fine.
>>
>> Robby
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I don't mind and I anticipate that planet2 will have more network
>> > traffic
>> > per push.
>> >
>> > Is there something in particular you're worried about?
>> >
>> > Even though Matthew is very productive, I think it will be a while until
>> > his
>> > activity causes DrDr to mount a denial-of-service attack.
>> >
>> > Jay
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Robby Findler
>> > <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Do we want drdr making network connections to github on each push?
>> >>
>> >> http://drdr.racket-lang.org/25599/collects/tests/openssl/https.rkt
>> >>
>> >> Robby
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