Re: Bad browser behaviour?

It's probably impossible for browsers to do anything else given that
browsers incrementally render chunk-transfered content.  For example,
if the network were to hang at that point (rather than drop), they'd
do the same thing.

Adam


On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Adrien W. de Croy <adrien@qbik.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> we're seeing some (IMO) undesirable behaviour for all tested current
> browsers (we tested FF, Chrome, IE and Opera).
>
> It relates to abortive closes on chunked transfers.  In this case, I'm
> talking about a server close prior to the final 0 chunk.
>
> All the browsers we tested ignore this and display the content with no
> warning whatsoever.
>
> For our proxy to treat it as an abortive close is therefore a problem in our
> customers' eyes.
>
> So what's the deal?  Should we allow this behaviour in the spec?  Or should
> browser vendors be encouraged to break the page / download?
>
> Isn't it a potential security issue?
>
> Adrien

Received on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:03:35 UTC