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qqdixf5_74186
Nimbostratus
Dec 17, 2007http::retry question
I am having some problems with a rule which uses http::retry command. What I am trying to do here is authentiting the request against an external service. When a request comes in, an auth request is s...
hoolio
Cirrostratus
Jan 03, 2008Thanks for posting the working version. I haven't worked with HTTP::request / HTTP::retry before, so I was unsure about whether the payload, if present, would be captured using HTTP::request. After some testing, it looks like it isn't and can't be.
The HTTP::request command is only available in the HTTP_REQUEST event. That event is triggered when the headers have been parsed--the data if present hasn't been parsed yet. So I think your method of collecting the payload is the best way to handle this.
This would be good to confirm and clarify in the HTTP::request wiki page.
Aaron
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