- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 13:16:12 -0400 (EDT)
- To: dwm@xpasc.com, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
"David W. Morris" <dwm@XPASC.COM> wrote: > On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Jim Gettys wrote: > > > >From your description, it does sound like a bug in their proxy. > > - Jim > > > > > > On the other hand, the proxy detected an error and attempted to report > it. The question to me would hinge on whether the proxy then did > a connection reset or normal close. > > I don't believe that HTTP is well architected for recovering > partial transfers or in some cases even detecting incomplete transfers > except those initiated by the client. Without architected error recovery, > its all up to the implementation. I agree. Consider the plight of an HTTP server running a gateway. Suppose the gateway (CGI) produces some of its output but doesn't finish in a reasonable amount of time. How can the server report an error once it has begun its response? I suspect that's more or less what happened to the MS proxy. Dave Kristol
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