Netscape 2.01 Clients Hang While Getting SSL Pages w/ Graphics

WORKAROUND

Disable HTTP Keep Alives on the IIS computer by doing the following:

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1. With Registry Editor, go to the following registry key

         HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters
    
   					

2. Click Add Value on the Edit menu. Add the following:

         Value Name: SslNoKeepAlive
         Data Type:  REG_DWORD
         Data:    1
    
   					

3. Stop and restart all of the IIS services.

Notes:

• Unfortunately, disabling HTTP Keep Alives has severe performance implications as it disables HTTP Keep Alives completely, even for non-SSL pages.
• Microsoft has changed IIS to only use HHTP Keep Alives over SSL with browsers known to be compliant, currently the only known compliant browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer.