GZipStream decompression performance is poor

Question

I have a .NET 2.0 WinForms app that connects to a backend WAS server. I am using GZipStream to decode data coming back from a HttpWebRequest call made to the server. The d

Answer 1

DotNetZip has a GZipStream class that can be used as a drop-in replacement for the System.IO.Compression.GZipStream.

DotNetZip is free.

NB: If you are only doing GZipStream, then you need the Ionic.Zlib.dll, not the Ionic.Zip.dll.