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+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var http = require('http');
+var sys = require('sys');
+
+var bufferSize = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
+var measuredSize = 0;
+
+var buffer = Buffer(bufferSize);
+for (var i = 0; i < buffer.length; i++) {
+  buffer[i] = i % 256;
+}
+
+
+var web = http.Server(function (req, res) {
+  web.close();
+
+  console.log(req.headers);
+
+  var i = 0;
+
+  req.on('data', function (d) {
+    process.stdout.write(",");
+    measuredSize += d.length;
+    for (var j = 0; j < d.length; j++) {
+      assert.equal(buffer[i], d[j]);
+      i++;
+    }
+  });
+
+
+  req.on('end', function () {
+    res.writeHead(200);
+    res.write("thanks");
+    res.end();
+    console.log("response with 'thanks'");
+  });
+
+  req.connection.on('error', function (e) {
+    console.log("http server-side error: " + e.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+});
+
+web.listen(common.PORT, function () {
+  console.log("Making request");
+
+  var client = http.createClient(common.PORT);
+  var req = client.request('GET', '/', { 'content-length': buffer.length });
+  req.end(buffer);
+
+  req.on('response', function (res) {
+    console.log('Got response');
+    res.setEncoding('utf8');
+    res.on('data', function (string) {
+      assert.equal("thanks", string);
+      gotThanks = true;
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+
+process.on('exit', function () {
+  assert.equal(bufferSize, measuredSize);
+});