Apache request failed: error reading the headers

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Issue

  • Seeing the following errors in the apache error log:

    [error] [client 192.168.1.100] request failed: error reading the headers, referer: http://<host>/index.jsp?foo=bar
    
  • Apache waits a time equal to the Timeout directive (defaults to 5 minutes if not defined) for a response from the client. It is likely Apache is waiting for the CRLF that indicates the end of the headers, yet it is never received.

Environment

  • Apache httpd 2.2

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