POST requests with a file size => 40K fail

[Deleted user]

SIEGE 4.0.4rc3

siege -b -c70 -t30s --content-type "application/json" -f 40k.txt

I am not sure what the magical threshold is.. but a post with size of 39K or less works but nothing over 40K.

Output:
`[alert] Zip encoding disabled; siege requires zlib support to enable it
SIEGE 4.0.4rc3
Usage: siege [options]
siege [options] URL
siege -g URL
Options:
-V, --version VERSION, prints the version number.
-h, --help HELP, prints this section.
-C, --config CONFIGURATION, show the current config.
-v, --verbose VERBOSE, prints notification to screen.
-q, --quiet QUIET turns verbose off and suppresses output.
-g, --get GET, pull down HTTP headers and display the
transaction. Great for application debugging.
-p, --print PRINT, like GET only it prints the entire page.
-c, --concurrent=NUM CONCURRENT users, default is 10
-r, --reps=NUM REPS, number of times to run the test.
-t, --time=NUMm TIMED testing where "m" is modifier S, M, or H
ex: --time=1H, one hour test.
-d, --delay=NUM Time DELAY, random delay before each request
-b, --benchmark BENCHMARK: no delays between requests.
-i, --internet INTERNET user simulation, hits URLs randomly.
-f, --file=FILE FILE, select a specific URLS FILE.
-R, --rc=FILE RC, specify an siegerc file
-l, --log[=FILE] LOG to FILE. If FILE is not specified, the
default is used: PREFIX/var/siege.log
-m, --mark="text" MARK, mark the log file with a string.
between .001 and NUM. (NOT COUNTED IN STATS)
-H, --header="text" Add a header to request (can be many)
-A, --user-agent="text" Sets User-Agent in request
-T, --content-type="text" Sets Content-Type in request
-j, --json-output JSON OUTPUT, print final stats to stdout as JSON
--no-parser NO PARSER, turn off the HTML page parser
--no-follow NO FOLLOW, do not follow HTTP redirects

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