> I agree with you 100% that whatever client doing the half close socket is
> silly. However, when the offending client is Microsoft Media Player. Ignore
> the issue might not be a good idea either.
Well, since Polipo is fundamentally unsuitable for proxying streaming
media (it doesn't apply flow control to the end-to-end path), I don't
think Media Player is a significant issue.
As I pointed out in a previous message, there are important efficiency
reasons why Polipo handles half-open connections the way it does; it
avoids a full round-trip of data being downloaded when the user hits
« stop ». Since a full round-trip can be up to 30 seconds of traffic
on a telephone line, I'm not willing to give that up. (Yes, I do have
users who are still on dial-up, and some people are using Polipo with
GSM links.)
I'm sorry, Ming, but this is not going to change.
Juliusz
P.S. Is « Ming » or « Fu » your personal name ?
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