Re: User wants IIS server-side includes

Jeff Woods ( jeff@delta.com )
Fri, 06 Jun 1997 14:38:03 -0400

At 01:47 PM 6/6/97 -0400, you wrote:

>I've seen Perl scripts that rotate graphics w/o using SSI and yes you are
>correct, https is for SSL not SSI.

The user was apparently confusing shtml files with https files, and at the
same time SSL and SSI. I've since found an .ASP banner rotater, and this
customer is QUICKLY backpedaling to the banner organizer telling him that
the original scripts are totally unneeded. Thanks!

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>> From: Jeff Woods <jeff@delta.com>
>> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>> Subject: User wants IIS server-side includes
>> Date: Friday, June 06, 1997 11:00 AM
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>> What are server side includes?
>>
>> He claims that putting https:// instead of http:// enables server side
>> includes. I think he may be confusing "SSI" with "SSL" (secure sockets
>> layer), since I know that https:// is port 443, for secure sockets.
>>
>> Is my user on drugs?
>>
>> He wants to do a simple banner rotation program in PERL, and he's being
>> told by the banner people that they need server-side includes.
>>
>> I need a clue. Do you have one to spare, please?
>>
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