diff -u tlslite-0.3.8/tlslite/TLSRecordLayer.py chromium//tlslite/TLSRecordLayer.py
--- tlslite-0.3.8/tlslite/TLSRecordLayer.py	2005-02-21 21:31:41.000000000 -0800
+++ chromium/tlslite/TLSRecordLayer.py	2008-11-25 21:58:04.000000000 -0800
@@ -322,6 +322,12 @@
                         AlertDescription.close_notify, AlertLevel.warning)):
                     yield result
                 alert = None
+                # Forcing a shutdown as the OS does not seem to be
+                # responsive to the close notify.
+                prevCloseSocket = self.closeSocket
+                self.closeSocket = True
+                self._shutdown(True)
+                self.closeSocket = prevCloseSocket
                 while not alert:
                     for result in self._getMsg((ContentType.alert, \
                                               ContentType.application_data)):