diff -ruNX exclude2nd curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/getinfo.c ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/getinfo.c
--- curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/getinfo.c	2006-03-21 22:00:21.000000000 -0500
+++ ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/getinfo.c	2006-04-25 13:33:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
   char **param_charp=NULL;
   struct curl_slist **param_slistp=NULL;
   va_start(arg, info);
+  char buf;
 
   switch(info&CURLINFO_TYPEMASK) {
   default:
@@ -198,9 +199,23 @@
   case CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET:
     if((data->state.lastconnect != -1) &&
        (data->state.connects[data->state.lastconnect] != NULL))
+    {
       *param_longp = data->state.connects[data->state.lastconnect]->
         sock[FIRSTSOCKET];
-    else
+      /* we have a socket connected, let's determine if the server shut down */
+      /* determine if ssl */
+      if(data->state.connects[data->state.lastconnect]->protocol
+         & (PROT_FTPS|PROT_SSL)) {
+        /* use the SSL context */
+        if (Curl_ssl_check_cxn(data) == 0)
+          *param_longp = -1;   /* FIN received */
+      } else {
+        /* use the socket */
+        if(recv((int)data->state.connects[data->state.lastconnect]->
+             sock[FIRSTSOCKET], (void*)&buf, 1, MSG_PEEK) == 0)
+           *param_longp = -1;   /* FIN received */
+      }      
+    } else
       *param_longp = -1;
     break;
   default:
diff -ruNX exclude2nd curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/sslgen.c ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/sslgen.c
--- curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/sslgen.c	2006-03-21 22:00:21.000000000 -0500
+++ ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/sslgen.c	2006-04-25 14:11:33.714102000 -0400
@@ -554,3 +554,23 @@
 #endif /* USE_SSLEAY */
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * This function tries to determine connection status.
+ *
+ * Return codes:
+ *     1 means the connection is still in place
+ *     0 means the connection has been closed
+ *    -1 means the connection status is unknown
+ */
+int Curl_ssl_check_cxn(struct SessionHandle *data)
+{
+  if (!data->state.connects[data->state.lastconnect]->ssl[FIRSTSOCKET].use) {
+    return -1; /* not using SSL, treat as unknown */
+  }
+#ifdef USE_SSLEAY
+  return Curl_ossl_check_cxn(data);
+#else
+  return -1; /* connection status unknown */
+#endif /* USE_SSLEAY */
+}
diff -ruNX exclude2nd curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/sslgen.h ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/sslgen.h
--- curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/sslgen.h	2006-03-21 22:00:21.000000000 -0500
+++ ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/sslgen.h	2006-04-25 13:33:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 
 size_t Curl_ssl_version(char *buffer, size_t size);
 
+int Curl_ssl_check_cxn(struct SessionHandle *data);
+
 #if !defined(USE_SSL) && !defined(SSLGEN_C)
 /* set up blank macros for none-SSL builds */
 #define Curl_ssl_close_all(x)
diff -ruNX exclude2nd curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/ssluse.c ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/ssluse.c
--- curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/ssluse.c	2006-04-07 22:00:21.000000000 -0400
+++ ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/ssluse.c	2006-04-25 14:07:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -584,6 +584,30 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function uses SSL_peek to determine connection status.
+ *
+ * Return codes:
+ *     1 means the connection is still in place
+ *     0 means the connection has been closed
+ *    -1 means the connection status is unknown
+ */
+int Curl_ossl_check_cxn(struct SessionHandle *data)
+{
+  int rc;
+  char buf;
+
+  rc = SSL_peek(data->state.connects[data->state.lastconnect]->
+                ssl[FIRSTSOCKET].handle, (void*)&buf, 1);
+  if (rc > 0)
+    return 1; /* connection still in place */
+
+  if (rc == 0)
+    return 0; /* connection has been closed */
+
+  return -1; /* connection status unknown */
+}
+
 #endif /* USE_SSLEAY */
 
 /* Selects an OpenSSL crypto engine
diff -ruNX exclude2nd curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/ssluse.h ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/ssluse.h
--- curl-7.15.4-20060410/lib/ssluse.h	2006-03-21 22:00:21.000000000 -0500
+++ ftpc/opensource/curl/lib/ssluse.h	2006-04-25 13:36:09.000000000 -0400
@@ -64,4 +64,6 @@
 
 size_t Curl_ossl_version(char *buffer, size_t size);
 
+int Curl_ossl_check_cxn(struct SessionHandle *data);
+
 #endif