httplib drops ssl connection to MS IIS Server

[Jon Ribbens]

In article <a9hgc7$r0d$1 at coco.singnet.com.sg>, Ng Pheng Siong wrote:
>> It is a bug in MS IIS, it just closes the SSL socket rather than going
>> through the SSL shutdown negotiation. I don't think you can work
>> around this using httplib.
> 
> Nobody is accusing MS IIS of being bug-free, but I think in this instance
> the bug is with Python's SSL.

If it is, I can't find it. I also remember finding information about
this bug on the Internet back when it was originally causing me
problems, but I can't find anything now :(

Patch #500311 on SourceForge fixes the problem for me.