Re: [Zope-dev] Zope closes connection if the client closes the write-end of connection

Leonardo Rochael Almeida wrote:

Going out on a limb here, but I think Varnish might be trying to save on file-descriptors.

Interestingly, The Squid FAQ almost seems to imply that closing the write-side can cause more file-descriptors to be used. Squid can apparently not tell the difference between half-closed and full-closed connections, and it makes matter worse. Though I do not know this for sure, some reading on the subject suggests that nginx also doesn't like half-closed connections.