Hi, The attached rough patch splices the Drakma library into Closure for HTTP support. Drakma is a very nice web client library by Edi Weitz: http://weitz.de/drakma/ Unlike the current Closure code, the library supports HTTPS and HTTP/1.1. I see this as an opportunity to replace some of the undermaintained code in Closure by high quality external libraries; this concerns src/net/http.lisp (replaced by Drakma) src/net/url.lisp (partially replaced by PURI) src/net/uri.lisp (ditto) I haven't yet started trying to remove stale code; this is just a proof of concept. A likely candidate for similar replacement is the GSTREAM code, which could likely advantageously be replaced by Flexi-streams. Opinions on whether this is a good route to pursue are welcome. -- Eric Marsden