RE: Potentially serious error in unix server http logging.
Bob Denny (rdenny@netcom.com)
Wed, 16 Nov 94 12:11:36 PST
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>The problem comes in handling cases where a file request is aborted
>by the client by the client dropping its end of the connection.
>This case is sometimes erroneously logged as being successful even
>when the disconnect is detected; however, for a large class of cases
>(including he one I was actually interested in, demmit), the client
>disconnection is never discovered by the server.
Neither of these happen with the Windows Web server. It immediately
detects a closure by the client. No entry is made in the access log
unless the transaction completes, including successfully sending the
server's response (whatever that is) back to the client.
-- Bob (defensive mode today)