Treat missing Content-Length as 0, not unlimited

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/news.txt b/docs/news.txt
index 14ceec0..40b980b 100644
--- a/docs/news.txt
+++ b/docs/news.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ svn trunk
   port (e.g., port 80 for ``http``).
 
 * ``paste.proxy`` works with headers with continuations in the
-  response (i.e., a header that spans multiple lines).
+  response (i.e., a header that spans multiple lines).  Also, treat a
+  missing Content-Length as 0, not unlimited (may have caused freeze ups for
+  some kinds of requests before).
 
 1.3
 ---
diff --git a/paste/proxy.py b/paste/proxy.py
index faed5a7..11b4cef 100644
--- a/paste/proxy.py
+++ b/paste/proxy.py
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ class TransparentProxy(object):
             length = int(environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'])
             body = environ['wsgi.input'].read(length)
         elif 'CONTENT_LENGTH' not in environ:
-            body = environ['wsgi.input'].read()
-            length = len(body)
+            body = ''
+            length = 0
         else:
             body = ''
             length = 0