Re: MS-DIME Validator released

Ryan Daum <[email protected]> Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:29:27 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.dime
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Affan Dar wrote:

> Home page: http://gotdotnet.com/team/tools/web_svc/default.aspx
>
> Direct Internet Message Encapsulation (DIME) Validator is a small
> application written using .NET Framework, which sniffs DIME over HTTP
> messages and validates them against the DIME specification
> <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-nielsen-dime-02.txt>,
> writing errors into the local log file. The DIME Validator's purpose
> is to facilitate development of the interoperable DIME implementations
> by testing their conformance to the DIME specification. Please note
> that passing the DIME Validator tests does not guarantee full
> compliance of your client/server implementations to the DIME
> specification. The executable, source code and simple documentation
> are available for download
> <http://gotdotnet.com/team/tools/Web_svc/MSDIMEValidator.exe>.
>
Hm. which DIME specification does it test against-- the most recent? And
why only DIME in HTTP?

(My intended application for DIME needs it for delivering over a raw TCP
connection... :-) )