Hello all,

I am trying to determine if the folloing is possible

I have written a client server program using IO::Socket. Basically I've embedded the client into a web page which talks to the server and returns results. Here is what I am trying to accomplish. The web client talks to the server and requests a file that resides on the server(not the web server, but the server that client embedded in the browser is talking to).How can I stream the data from the server to the users web browser? I know I can send the file from the server to the web server and than have the user download the file, but I am trying to avoid the middleman (the web server). Is there anyway to stream data from a remote machine to a users web browser? If you need me to elaborate please let me know.

Thank you for your time.

In reply to Download File From Remote machine to browser by kernelzack

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