Re: Extending AllegroServe's proxy abilities

> Hi!
>
> I'm interested in using AllegroServe as a proxy and at the same time I
> want to "sniff" the traffic (both directions) going through it
> programmatically.
>
> My questions:
>
> 1. How would I do this with the current AllegroServe?
>
> 2. I think it would be a very useful addition to AllegroServe if there
>    was a documented API for something like this.  What do others
>    think?

Some hooks or generic functions within proxy-request to observe
requests and responses would be useful.

An interesting application I've had in the back of my mind is a proxy
server that one would log into and use as a portal page.  The proxy
would log a user's traffic and play the role of information agent
providing a portable history available from any computer.  The agent
could also scrape articles from select RSS feeds, newsgroups, wikis,
etc. and build lists of items that relate to one's recent browsing
history.