Re: v11-03 COMMENT: 12.4 Client Error 4xx

Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com> wrote:
  > and a less ambiguous rewrite would be:
  > 
  >   Note: If the client is sending data, a server implementation using
  >   TCP SHOULD be careful to ensure that the client acknowledges receipt
  >   of the packet(s) containing the response before the server closes the
  >   input connection.  If the client continues sending data to the server
  >   after the close, the server's controller will send a reset packet to
  >   the client, which may erase the client's unacknowledged input buffers
  >   before they can be read and interpreted by the HTTP application.

I didn't misunderstand who did the closing, but that's immaterial now.  I
like Jeff's wording and think it makes the point much better than before.

Dave Kristol