general/5218: Files do not transfer completely -- access_log show status 200 but shows actual bytes transfered

[Sandy Aronson <sa...@aronsons.com>]

>Number:         5218
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Files do not transfer completely -- access_log show status 200 but shows actual bytes transfered
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 29 10:30:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     sandy@aronsons.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
SunOS sun1 5.7 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5,10
>Description:
We have several 1 - 2MB swf files on our website.  Normally these files download fine to end-users.  However, very rarely they download incompletely.  When this happens, the access_log records a status of 200 and the number of bits transfered as the number of bits actually transfered instead of the file size.  It appears that there are two problems here --

1)  Occationally the files do not transfer completely.
2)  I believe when the do not transfer completely, a status of 206 should show up instead of status 200.
>How-To-Repeat:
It is a speratic problem which I cannot reliably reproduce.  So it is hard for me to give you specific information here.  
>Fix:
I do not know.  However, I am willing to help in any way which is useful.  Please let me know what I can do.
>Audit-Trail:
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