Abnormal HTTP request termination.

Abnormal HTTP request termination.

[Axel Kittenberger]

Hello List

On Linux 2.6 (exact 2.6.15) issuing a wget at this location 
http://www.wohin-heute.at/highlights.php results in a truncated file. 
Truncated before "</hmtl>.

First we suspected our firewall, but this proofed not be unguilty it seems.

I now tried that address on a lot machines on a lot of locations, but as 
it turns it will work everywhere except on Linux 2.6 machines.

The URI will wget fine on:
OpenBsd 3.9
AIX 3
Windows XP
Linux 2.4.10

Since thats not a really important site, this is an academic question 
after all :)

Has someone an idea, what may cause this network problem which seems to 
be limited to linux 2.6?

Greetings,
Axel Kittenberger

Re: Abnormal HTTP request termination.

[Richard Mittendorfer]

Also sprach Axel Kittenberger <axell@kittenberger.net> (Sat, 19 Aug 2006
23:29:57 +0200):
> Hello List

Hoi,
 
> On Linux 2.6 (exact 2.6.15) issuing a wget at this location 
> http://www.wohin-heute.at/highlights.php results in a truncated file. 
> Truncated before "</hmtl>.
> [...] 
> Since thats not a really important site, this is an academic question 
> after all :)
> 
> Has someone an idea, what may cause this network problem which seems
> to  be limited to linux 2.6?

Looks like it's /proc/s/n/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling. If it's turned off
the site comes through here. IIRC this is a known issue and there where
a few posts about that. You'll likely find them with keywords "tcp
window scaling" in the archive.

> Greetings,
> Axel Kittenberger

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