IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> DIR

Re: IPP> DIR

Frode Hernes (frode.hernes@maxware.telemax.no)
23 May 1997 13:03:22 Z

Hi,
> >
> >Using Windows, I trust that applications register the URIs they can ha=
ndle,
> >Netscap register ftp:// and http://, our Directory Browser register LD=
AP://
> >etc. =

> >I would like my Internet Printing application to register IPP:// so th=
at
> >Windows can hand it all print jobs.
> >
> First I address the proxy/firewall problem. Most current proxy/firewall=

> have no knowlege of the "IPP" sheme. =

> To print over firewall, "ipp://" not practical.
> =

It should be easy to enable another protocol through the firewall (using =
another port), an =

intelligent firewall may descide to block printing anyhow, because the ac=
tual protocol used =

is ipp, not http. If the ipp protocol is as successful as I expect it to =
be, most firewalls will come =

pre-configured to handle this anyway.

Frode.

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