> > Because that's what HTTP version 1.0 says to do, and you asked > > for HTTP 1.0 > > behavior. If it didn't, how would the client know when it got the entire > > request?
> (You mean the entire response, and in particular response body > aka entity.) Right. > Content-length is allowed in 1.0, and if supplied the client can use it. > It just isn't required and so can't be relied on. It isn't required in 1.1 either. If the server can't supply a Content-length header, it can either refuse to permit a persistent connection or it can use chunked encoding. A 1.1 client must support chunked encoding. Turning on persistent connections just asks the server to use them where possible. In the instant case, it was impossible, so the server still couldn't use them. DS ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
