PQ56063: IPLANET DROPS PERSISTANT SSL BROWSER CONNECTIONS AFTER WAS FP2 OR GREATER IS APPLIED. HTTP HEADERS NOT FORMATTED IN LOWER CASE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() APAR status Closed as program error. Error description iPlanet SP4.1 SP7 HTTP Server will drop persistant SSL connections to browsers after WAS 3.5 FP2 or greater is applied. In WAS 3.5 FP0 HTTP Response Header fields were formatted in lower case. In FP2 and higher fixpack levels HTTP Response Header fields were formatted in mixed uppercase and lower case. This cause the iPlanet HTTP Server not to recognized some key HTTP Response header fields that dictate the HTTP protocol exchange between browser clients and the web server. LVL2 instrumented a module that formatts HTTP Response headers in lower case, which is the NSAPI standard and the expectation of the webserver. Lower case HTTP Response headers will ensure that connections between the iPlanet server and the browser are not dropped.Local fix To correct the problem the OSE Plugin NSAPI module ns plugin must be modified to format all HTTP Responses in lower case.Problem summary **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: All WebSphere Application Server users who * * use Iplanet webserver AND expect persistent * * connections. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Even though keep-alive is specified * * for a request, the persistent * * connection is not maintained. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** Even though keep-alive is specified for a request, the persistent connection is not maintained. Persistent connections were being dropped because the header names in the response headers were in mixed case. Iplanet webserver requires that the header names be lowercase.Problem conclusion Lowercased all header names on the response back to the Iplanet webserver.Temporary fix Comments
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: PQ54845 APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: Modules/Macros
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Document Information |
Product categories: Software > Application Servers >
Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application
Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 400
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ56063
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Dec 18, 2001
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