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albert_forster_
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Apr 05, 2005

relate_client & relate_server

We use TCP::collect and TCP::payload to gather the initial OPTIONS command. Then use TCP::respond to send an options response back to the client. With TCP::collect and TCP::payload we get the DESCRIBE...
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drteeth_127330
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Apr 05, 2005
I performed a simple test and was unable to reproduce any problems with TCP::response triggering a release. Additionally, the TCP::collect in CLIENT_DATA is also unnecessary since you already set TCP::collect in CLIENT_ACCEPTED; however, that does not trigger a release either.

Here is the syntax of the relate command. This command was not documented because quite honestly, we didn't imagine anyone wanting to use it except us. 

 
 relate_{client|server} { 
     proto  
     clientflow      
     serverflow      
 }