Re: check out page (SSL) not loading on Netscape 4.0+ - fixed?

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24009
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texte = >> There is a well documented bug in Open Transport that can affect >>WebSTAR and certain browsers. The symptom is partially-loading files. >>Some people have had some luck with turning Persistent Connections off, >>but it is not a sure thing. It happens to files within a certain >>size-range, and when it happened to one of my dynamically-generated >>files I was able to stop it by putting a bunch of garbage text inside >> at the end of the page, moving it out of the affected >>file size range. You can read a better, technical explanation of it at >>http://search.smithmicro.com/lists/action.lasso?-database=WebSTAR-Talk.fm& >>-layout=Data&-response=/lists/detail.html&-recID=12621432&-search or go >>to http://search.smithmicro.com and search on the subject Open Transport >>problem - repost Starnine has promised a work-around in the next >>release. Hope this helps.AFAIK it's not just a OT problem, Netscape truncates/can truncate pages if the length of the reply header is between 255 and 257 bytes long.NetCloak 3.0 is already implementing the same fix as Apache does for pages falling into the bad range of bits.PCS should be able to do the same without too much effort, I think. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Id#233#er AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
>> There is a well documented bug in Open Transport that can affect >>WebSTAR and certain browsers. The symptom is partially-loading files. >>Some people have had some luck with turning Persistent Connections off, >>but it is not a sure thing. It happens to files within a certain >>size-range, and when it happened to one of my dynamically-generated >>files I was able to stop it by putting a bunch of garbage text inside >> at the end of the page, moving it out of the affected >>file size range. You can read a better, technical explanation of it at >>http://search.smithmicro.com/lists/action.lasso?-database=WebSTAR-Talk.fm& >>-layout=Data&-response=/lists/detail.html&-recID=12621432&-search or go >>to http://search.smithmicro.com and search on the subject Open Transport >>problem - repost Starnine has promised a work-around in the next >>release. Hope this helps.AFAIK it's not just a OT problem, Netscape truncates/can truncate pages if the length of the reply header is between 255 and 257 bytes long.NetCloak 3.0 is already implementing the same fix as Apache does for pages falling into the bad range of bits.PCS should be able to do the same without too much effort, I think. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Id#233#er AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se Christer Olsson

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