Possible bug in using 'recv-key' facility via a HTTP proxy

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi,

Florian Weimer:
> A half-way close of a TCP connection doesn't close the connection
> completely, as the name implies.  However, there are only few
> protocols which actually use half-way closes, and it's certainly not
> mandatory for HTTP according to the standard.  AFAIK, most HTTP client
> implementations don't use them, either.
> 
On the other hand, it's mandatory for a HTTP server (or proxy) to read a
request, process it, and then read the next request (for HTTP/1.1).

This implies, if it's not stated in the standard (I didn't check), that
breaking off processing just because the client explicitly tells you
that there won't be a next request, is a bug.

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