netdev - Re: TCP: orphans broken by RFC 2525 #2.17

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Date:	Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:28:57 +0900
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP: orphans broken by RFC 2525 #2.17

Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:
> 
> Two quick facts :
>  - HTTP allows the client to send whatever it wants whenever it wants
>    and allows the server to close after whatever response it wants.
>    Thus the server cannot predict that the client will talk.

No it does not.  Only buggy HTTP clients do that.  Also, have
you ever observed any buggy HTTP client that sends more than
one CRLF? If not then you only have to deal with the case of
a single extra CRLF.

Cheers,
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