- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@allegra.att.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 96 09:52:57 EDT
- To: mogul@pa.dec.com
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
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
Received on Wednesday, 15 May 1996 07:00:22 UTC