OK, you're absolutely right. I didn't have that line in there. I'm trying to follow the reasoning for needing to zero-out request body, but it doesn't make immediate sense. Is the OP in this thread along the same lines? http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,206860 Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,67425,208798#msg-208798