Ok so I've caputured a large amount of data and I always see something like

POST ?data=blah...  its never blank but its not going to a specific webpage
or anything, just to the host itself.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Len Popp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Chuck is referring to the part of the HTTP request that specifies
> which web page to fetch. If that piece is missing, it could cause the
> problem you're seeing.
>
> Examine your traffic log and find one of the problem requests. The
> first line of the HTTP request (after the TCP/IP headers) should look
> something like this:
>    GET /index.html HTTP/1.1
> If instead you see this:
>    GET  HTTP/1.1
> that's an invalid request.
>
> It seems that this type of invalid request can cause Tomcat to choke.
> It should return an HTTP error 400 to the client, indicating the
> request is bogus.
> --
> Len
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 6:15 PM, Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Chuck,
> >
> > Ok so I got wireshark all setup and was able to capture the request that
> are
> > generating empty reponses.  But looking at the traffic log, im not sure
> what
> > is different between a request that produces the error and on ethat does
> > not.  You mentioned the URI is null.  Sorry, but im still not clear on
> what
> > you mean when you say that.  Is hte URI that is used to send the request
> to
> > my tomcat instance cleared out somehow?  The strange thing is sometimes
> the
> > error occurs and sometiems it doesn't.  I really do appreciate your help
> on
> > this!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Steven
> >
> > On Feb 12, 2008 2:54 PM, Caldarale, Charles R <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > From: Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: Sporadic Errors in catalina log
> > > >
> > > > When you say empty URI, you mean after the root address?  because
> its
> > > > getting to my tomcat server so it must at least have that.
> > >
> > > Not necessarily; what curl puts in the payload may or may not include
> > > the URL you give it, depending on protocol and other options.  Taking
> a
> > > Wireshark trace would let you see what's really being sent.
> > >
> > >  - Chuck
> > >
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