<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.6617.47"> <TITLE>check_http and HTTP 1.1</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  I have a problem with check_http and a web server which is HTTP 1.1. Currently the check_http reads responses from the web server until it meets the end-of-file marker (read function returns 0). As far as I understand sockets programming you will only ever encounter the end-of-file marker on a socket if the other party closes the socket. The web server I'm testing against (an embedded thing inside an an app, not really a full blown web server) seems keep the socket open which again means that check_http never sees the end-of-file marker and eventually times out instead. I'm not really a sockets nor a HTTP expert but it seems to me that check_http cannot make the assumption that it can simply read from socket until end-of-file, at least not for HTTP 1.1 which have lots of reasons to keep the socket open. Any sockets or HTTP experts out there? Thanks. Lars </BODY> </HTML>