If I send an empty get request to my servlet, get the inputstream, and do a read it will block forever. (eg: just call the servlet from IE or Netscape it just hangs). InputStream in = servletRequest.getInputStream(); byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize]; ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); int read = 0; do { System.out.println("getBody1"); read = in.read(buffer); System.out.println("getBody2"); if(read>=0) { byteStream.write(buffer, 0, read); } } while (read >= 0); "getBody2" is never printed. In Tomcat 3.2 I had the same problem In Tomcat 3.3 the read would return, but -1 would never be returned, so it would loop forever. This servlet works fine on iplanet, and vqserver. Also the size returned is -1, so I can't just slurp it into an array. Thank you, Adam Ratica Software Architect CardinalCommerce, Inc. 6119 Heisley Road Mentor, OH 44060 440-352-8444 x138 440-352-1646 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]