I would also add that the server must terminate the connection nicely
(e.g.., a FIN/ACK in TCP). Any other kind of termination should be
regarded as an incomplete transfer.

-- James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Kugler [mailto:kugler@...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [http-compliance] How do browsers detect end of response
> when no Content-Length hea der is present?
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> In HTTP/1.1, the response could be sent with
> "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"
> in which case a zero-length chunk (possibly followed by a trailer)
> terminates the response. If there is no content length or chunked
> transfer-coding, the server must terminate the response by closing the
> connection. In HTTP/TCP/IP, the response could certainly be sent in
> multiple IP packets.
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> -Carl
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