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Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] abnormal behavior Gmail logon
From: Ajay Pal Singh Atwal <ajaypal () bbsbec ! org>
Date: 2006-05-31 17:43:56
Message-ID: 22920054.4621149097727947.JavaMail.root () mail ! bbsbec ! org
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Should'nt the behaviour of a proxy in case of both RST and FIN should be same, i.e always a FIN. As proxy should close the connection **properly** even in case of a failure on the other side.
Sincerely
Ajay Pal Singh Atwal
----- David Farinic <davidfa@gfi.com> wrote:
> >Servers are supposed to send RST packets when they do that, but not
> all
> >servers do it, and not all clients recognize those RST packets as
> >indicating that the document they just downloaded is incomplete
>
> Most of the clients do recognize and most web servers do correctly
> apply
> use of RST and FIN for TCP/IP HTTP connection ending.
>
> Problem is that some (most?)Proxy servers (nontransparent and
> probably
> also transparent) DO NOT.
>
> I tested 4 different proxy servers if they pass RST to client's
> browser
> when original web server sent RST. All sent FIN instead of RST :(. (I
> Did this test as I found other web apps. problems resulting from this
> proxy behavior)
>
> If anybody knows proxy which behaves 'correctly,' pls let me know.
>
>
> Regards David Farinic
>
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