diff -r e747d3193ef2 -r 65ddd8f149f3 jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/httpserver/Request.java
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/httpserver/Request.java	Mon Oct 27 14:02:40 2008 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/httpserver/Request.java	Tue Oct 28 16:14:51 2008 +0000
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         do {
             startLine = readLine();
             /* skip blank lines */
-        } while (startLine.equals (""));
+        } while (startLine == null ? false : startLine.equals (""));
     }