Compare:
---
$ nc proxy 3128
GET http://www.vuurwerk.nl/vreemdeberichten HTTP/1.0
HTTP/1.0 301 Moved Permanently
Server: WN/2.0.5
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:26:22 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Location: http://www.vuurwerk.nl/vreemdeberichten/
Age: 0
X-Cache: MISS from zopie.attic.vuurwerk.nl
Proxy-Connection: close
[connection stays open here]
and:
---
$ nc www.vuurwerk.nl 80
GET /vreemdeberichten HTTP/1.0
Host: www.vuurwerk.nl
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Server: WN/2.0.5
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:26:54 GMT
Content-type: text/html
Location: http://www.vuurwerk.nl/vreemdeberichten/
[connection gets closed automatically and immediately here]
---
Netscape won't mind here. Lynx will choke and wait for the connection to timeout,
in the first case. I don't know where the bug is exactly, it could be because
www.vuurwerk.nl actually does keepalive for redirects but not really for
normal requests.
Greetz, Peter.
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