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> "Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> >[...]
>> > btw. I noticed that mod_proxy on win32 can crash Apache if the browser
>> > cancel the transfer. The bug is on the Apache bug DB. I've got a quick
>> > (and dirty) fix for that. Runs okay since then.
>> 
>> I only read about a hack where an existing "Listen" directive
>> should solve the problem. Is this your fix or do you have another?

> It's another one, which fix the PR#2083:

> Win32

> When accessing a file through the mod_proxy, clicking Stop in
> your browser will cause the proxy module to crash. However this does
> not crash the Apache server and a new proxy module is spawned.

> The bug has something to do with null pointer dereference. The diff is
> attached at the end of this mail. (I don't know how to submit fixes
> like this to apache.org)

> Btw. I looked in the source of mod_proxy a little and I don't like the
> way how the cache-related info (temp file name, file descriptor,) is
> handled. I'm not surprised that there is such a bug can happen.

> Anyway, it seems working now.
>[...]

Oh, this patch. I already looked at it and the possible reason for the null
pointer two weeks ago but couldn't find anything in one hour of code
inspections. So I decided to suspend it in the hope someone other of the
Apache Group finds the reason easier than me.

                                       Ralf S. Engelschall
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