Proxying HTTP - end of message?

[Darrell]

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Andrew Cooke <andrew at andrewcooke.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a small http proxy (I know a million already exist -
> my program isn't important, understanding the bug is).  I have a
> couple of threads, spinning away, one copying from client to server
> and one from server to client.  When there is no more data to read
> from the server the blocking read returns None and I close both
> sockets (one socket is proxy-client, the other proxy-server).
>
> But my browser continues to wait.  If I press "stop" I have all the
> page, but the browser thinks the download has been interrupted.
>
> What am I missing?  It appears as though the browser isn't detecting
> that the connection has been closed - why not?
>
> For what it's worth, this is on NT, I'm extending SocketServer, and
> using 1.5.2.  But I suspect this is a problem with my logic rather
> than any piece of software....
>
> Any sugegstions appreciated (I can post/forward code - it's my own
> work, not my employer's).
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
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