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+tcp = require("tcp");
+http = require("http");
+
+// This is a regression test for http://github.com/ry/node/issues/#issue/44
+// It is separate from test-http-malformed-request.js because it is only
+// reproduceable on the first packet on the first connection to a server.
+port = 9999;
+
+server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {});
+server.listen(port);
+
+tcp.createConnection(port).addListener("connect", function () {
+        this.close();
+}).addListener("close", function () {
+	server.close();
+});