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To keep the connection alive (with httpd as  proxy):
To keep the connection alive (with httpd as  proxy), use  
 
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If we use httpd as a proxy, it'll close the connection immediately if we are not using:


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Connection: Keep-Alive
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Revision as of 23:13, 8 January 2017

Internal

Overview

To close connection immediately:

telnet localhost 10000
GET /index.html HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:10000
Connection: close

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 37
Server: NovaOrdis http-server
Connection: close
...
Connection closed by foreign host.

To keep the connection alive (with httpd as proxy), use

Connection: Keep-Alive