samkipers445r@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hello
>
> Maybe someone who knows apache internals can on this issue.
>
> We created an http client application, and a server CGI script on C++
> to exchange data between the application which is spread among many
> users and our server. Unfortunately the client application had a bug
> with https POST method when it sent less data than specified in content
> length header. It happens on a certain combination of input data
> entered by end user. As the result the Apache server waits for the
> missing data because of incorrect content length sent by the client,
> and we never have a chance to send a reply back to the client
> application. The client application simply closes the connection after
> one minute timeout period.
>
> Is there any way to force Apache to cancel the wait on receiving
> missing data in Post method and switch it to sending data to reply back
> to the client application from CGI script?

Am I missing something? It seems to me you are asking to tweak Apache in order
to 'correct' a programming problem with your client. Why not simply fix your
client so that it never sends "less data than specified in content length header"?

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