Re[4]: Bad browser behaviour?

------ Original Message ------
From: "Adam Barth" <w3c@adambarth.com>
To: "Adrien W. de Croy" <adrien@qbik.com>
Cc: "HTTP Working Group" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Sent: 20/03/2012 6:34:44 p.m.
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Bad browser behaviour?
>I suspect these things would just annoy users with unreliable network
>connections.  Wouldn't you be frustrated if a web page you were
>looking at suddenly went blank just because your WiFi cut out?
>
  
do you receive a TCP RST from the peer when your Wifi cuts out?

Adrien

  
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>Adam
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>On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Adrien W. de Croy <adrien@qbik.com> wrote:
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>> what about pop a warning, or clear the page?
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>>------ Original Message ------
>>From: "Adam Barth" <w3c@adambarth.com>
>>To: "Adrien W. de Croy" <adrien@qbik.com>
>>Cc: "HTTP Working Group" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
>>Sent: 20/03/2012 6:02:34 p.m.
>>Subject: Re: Bad browser behaviour?
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>>>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
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>>>On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Adrien W. de Croy <adrien@qbik.com>
>>>wrote:
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>>>>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
>>>>
>>>>
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Received on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:40:38 UTC