diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 6fd9fd3ac..bd6826e0c 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_ftp_done(struct connectdata *conn)
   }
   else {
     if((-1 != conn->size) && (conn->size != *ftp->bytecountp) &&
-       (data->maxdownload != *ftp->bytecountp)) {
+       (conn->maxdownload != *ftp->bytecountp)) {
       failf(data, "Received only partial file");
       return CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE;
     }
@@ -1393,16 +1393,16 @@ again:;
       else if(from < 0) {
         /* -Y */
         totalsize = -from;
-        data->maxdownload = -from;
+        conn->maxdownload = -from;
         data->resume_from = from;
         infof(data, "FTP RANGE the last %d bytes\n", totalsize);
       }
       else {
         /* X-Y */
         totalsize = to-from;
-        data->maxdownload = totalsize+1; /* include the last mentioned byte */
+        conn->maxdownload = totalsize+1; /* include the last mentioned byte */
         data->resume_from = from;
-        infof(data, "FTP RANGE from %d getting %d bytes\n", from, data->maxdownload);
+        infof(data, "FTP RANGE from %d getting %d bytes\n", from, conn->maxdownload);
       }
       infof(data, "range-download from %d to %d, totally %d bytes\n",
             from, to, totalsize);
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 897e0a1fb..3184c7f5f 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_ConnectHTTPProxyTunnel(struct connectdata *conn,
              "%s"
              "\r\n",
              hostname, remote_port,
-             (data->bits.proxy_user_passwd)?data->ptr_proxyuserpwd:"",
-             (data->useragent?data->ptr_uagent:"")
+             (data->bits.proxy_user_passwd)?conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd:"",
+             (data->useragent?conn->allocptr.uagent:"")
              );
 
   /* wait for the proxy to send us a HTTP/1.0 200 OK header */
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
      have been used in the proxy connect, but if we have got a header with
      the user-agent string specified, we erase the previously made string
      here. */
-  if(checkheaders(data, "User-Agent:") && data->ptr_uagent) {
-    free(data->ptr_uagent);
-    data->ptr_uagent=NULL;
+  if(checkheaders(data, "User-Agent:") && conn->allocptr.uagent) {
+    free(conn->allocptr.uagent);
+    conn->allocptr.uagent=NULL;
   }
 
   if((data->bits.user_passwd) && !checkheaders(data, "Authorization:")) {
@@ -421,23 +421,23 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
       sprintf(data->buffer, "%s:%s", data->user, data->passwd);
       if(Curl_base64_encode(data->buffer, strlen(data->buffer),
                             &authorization) >= 0) {
-        if(data->ptr_userpwd)
-          free(data->ptr_userpwd);
-        data->ptr_userpwd = aprintf( "Authorization: Basic %s\015\012",
+        if(conn->allocptr.userpwd)
+          free(conn->allocptr.userpwd);
+        conn->allocptr.userpwd = aprintf( "Authorization: Basic %s\015\012",
                                      authorization);
         free(authorization);
       }
     }
   }
   if((data->bits.http_set_referer) && !checkheaders(data, "Referer:")) {
-    if(data->ptr_ref)
-      free(data->ptr_ref);
-    data->ptr_ref = aprintf("Referer: %s\015\012", data->referer);
+    if(conn->allocptr.ref)
+      free(conn->allocptr.ref);
+    conn->allocptr.ref = aprintf("Referer: %s\015\012", data->referer);
   }
   if(data->cookie && !checkheaders(data, "Cookie:")) {
-    if(data->ptr_cookie)
-      free(data->ptr_cookie);
-    data->ptr_cookie = aprintf("Cookie: %s\015\012", data->cookie);
+    if(conn->allocptr.cookie)
+      free(conn->allocptr.cookie);
+    conn->allocptr.cookie = aprintf("Cookie: %s\015\012", data->cookie);
   }
 
   if(data->cookies) {
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
   }
 
   if(!checkheaders(data, "Host:") &&
-     !data->ptr_host) {
+     !conn->allocptr.host) {
     /* if ptr_host is already set, it is OK since we only re-use connections
        to the very same host and port */
 
@@ -465,9 +465,10 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
        (!(conn->protocol&PROT_HTTPS) && (data->remote_port == PORT_HTTP)) )
       /* If (HTTPS on port 443) OR (non-HTTPS on port 80) then don't include
          the port number in the host string */
-      data->ptr_host = aprintf("Host: %s\r\n", host);
+      conn->allocptr.host = aprintf("Host: %s\r\n", host);
     else
-      data->ptr_host = aprintf("Host: %s:%d\r\n", host, data->remote_port);
+      conn->allocptr.host = aprintf("Host: %s:%d\r\n", host,
+                                    data->remote_port);
   }
 
   if(!checkheaders(data, "Pragma:"))
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
      */
     if((data->httpreq == HTTPREQ_GET) &&
        !checkheaders(data, "Range:")) {
-      data->ptr_rangeline = aprintf("Range: bytes=%s\r\n", data->range);
+      conn->allocptr.rangeline = aprintf("Range: bytes=%s\r\n", data->range);
     }
     else if((data->httpreq != HTTPREQ_GET) &&
             !checkheaders(data, "Content-Range:")) {
@@ -549,14 +550,14 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
       if(data->resume_from) {
         /* This is because "resume" was selected */
         long total_expected_size= data->resume_from + data->infilesize;
-        data->ptr_rangeline = aprintf("Content-Range: bytes %s%ld/%ld\r\n",
+        conn->allocptr.rangeline = aprintf("Content-Range: bytes %s%ld/%ld\r\n",
                                       data->range, total_expected_size-1,
                                       total_expected_size);
       }
       else {
         /* Range was selected and then we just pass the incoming range and 
            append total size */
-        data->ptr_rangeline = aprintf("Content-Range: bytes %s/%d\r\n",
+        conn->allocptr.rangeline = aprintf("Content-Range: bytes %s/%d\r\n",
                                       data->range, data->infilesize);
       }
     }
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
     /* add the main request stuff */
     add_bufferf(req_buffer,
                 "%s " /* GET/HEAD/POST/PUT */
-                "%s HTTP/1.0\r\n" /* path */
+                "%s HTTP/1.1\r\n" /* path */
                 "%s" /* proxyuserpwd */
                 "%s" /* userpwd */
                 "%s" /* range */
@@ -588,15 +589,15 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
                  (data->bits.http_post || data->bits.http_formpost)?"POST":
                  (data->bits.http_put)?"PUT":"GET"),
                 ppath,
-                (data->bits.proxy_user_passwd && data->ptr_proxyuserpwd)?data->ptr_proxyuserpwd:"",
-                (data->bits.user_passwd && data->ptr_userpwd)?data->ptr_userpwd:"",
-                (data->bits.set_range && data->ptr_rangeline)?data->ptr_rangeline:"",
-                (data->useragent && *data->useragent && data->ptr_uagent)?data->ptr_uagent:"",
-                (data->ptr_cookie?data->ptr_cookie:""), /* Cookie: <data> */
-                (data->ptr_host?data->ptr_host:""), /* Host: host */
+                (data->bits.proxy_user_passwd && conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd)?conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd:"",
+                (data->bits.user_passwd && conn->allocptr.userpwd)?conn->allocptr.userpwd:"",
+                (data->bits.set_range && conn->allocptr.rangeline)?conn->allocptr.rangeline:"",
+                (data->useragent && *data->useragent && conn->allocptr.uagent)?conn->allocptr.uagent:"",
+                (conn->allocptr.cookie?conn->allocptr.cookie:""), /* Cookie: <data> */
+                (conn->allocptr.host?conn->allocptr.host:""), /* Host: host */
                 http->p_pragma?http->p_pragma:"",
                 http->p_accept?http->p_accept:"",
-                (data->bits.http_set_referer && data->ptr_ref)?data->ptr_ref:"" /* Referer: <data> <CRLF> */
+                (data->bits.http_set_referer && conn->allocptr.ref)?conn->allocptr.ref:"" /* Referer: <data> <CRLF> */
                 );
 
     if(co) {
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 71824ad4f..2092b213b 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -158,35 +158,6 @@ CURLcode curl_close(CURL *curl)
     data->bits.rangestringalloc=0; /* free now */
   }
 
-  if(data->ptr_proxyuserpwd) {
-    free(data->ptr_proxyuserpwd);
-    data->ptr_proxyuserpwd=NULL;
-  }
-  if(data->ptr_uagent) {
-    free(data->ptr_uagent);
-    data->ptr_uagent=NULL;
-  }
-  if(data->ptr_userpwd) {
-    free(data->ptr_userpwd);
-    data->ptr_userpwd=NULL;
-  }
-  if(data->ptr_rangeline) {
-    free(data->ptr_rangeline);
-    data->ptr_rangeline=NULL;
-  }
-  if(data->ptr_ref) {
-    free(data->ptr_ref);
-    data->ptr_ref=NULL;
-  }
-  if(data->ptr_cookie) {
-    free(data->ptr_cookie);
-    data->ptr_cookie=NULL;
-  }
-  if(data->ptr_host) {
-    free(data->ptr_host);
-    data->ptr_host=NULL;
-  }
-
   /* check for allocated [URL] memory to free: */
   if(data->freethis)
     free(data->freethis);
@@ -577,13 +548,26 @@ CURLcode curl_disconnect(CURLconnect *c_connect)
   /* close possibly still open sockets */
   if(-1 != conn->secondarysocket) {
     sclose(conn->secondarysocket);
-    conn->secondarysocket = -1;	
   }
   if(-1 != conn->firstsocket) {
     sclose(conn->firstsocket);
-    conn->firstsocket=-1;
   }
 
+  if(conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd)
+    free(conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd);
+  if(conn->allocptr.uagent)
+    free(conn->allocptr.uagent);
+  if(conn->allocptr.userpwd)
+    free(conn->allocptr.userpwd);
+  if(conn->allocptr.rangeline)
+    free(conn->allocptr.rangeline);
+  if(conn->allocptr.ref)
+    free(conn->allocptr.ref);
+  if(conn->allocptr.cookie)
+    free(conn->allocptr.cookie);
+  if(conn->allocptr.host)
+    free(conn->allocptr.host);
+
   free(conn); /* free all the connection oriented data */
 
   return CURLE_OK;
@@ -1544,6 +1528,11 @@ static CURLcode _connect(CURL *curl, CURLconnect **in_connect)
     free(conn->path);        /* free the previous path pointer */
     conn->path = path;       /* use this one */
     conn->ppath = path;      /* set this too */
+
+    /* re-use init */
+    conn->maxdownload = 0; /* might have been used previously! */
+
+    infof(data, "Re-using existing connection! (#%d)\n", conn->connectindex);
   }
   else {
     /*
@@ -1653,9 +1642,9 @@ static CURLcode _connect(CURL *curl, CURLconnect **in_connect)
              data->proxyuser, data->proxypasswd);
     if(Curl_base64_encode(data->buffer, strlen(data->buffer),
                           &authorization) >= 0) {
-      if(data->ptr_proxyuserpwd)
-        free(data->ptr_proxyuserpwd);
-      data->ptr_proxyuserpwd =
+      if(conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd)
+        free(conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd);
+      conn->allocptr.proxyuserpwd =
         aprintf("Proxy-authorization: Basic %s\015\012", authorization);
       free(authorization);
     }
@@ -1667,9 +1656,9 @@ static CURLcode _connect(CURL *curl, CURLconnect **in_connect)
    *************************************************************/
   if((conn->protocol&PROT_HTTP) || data->bits.httpproxy) {
     if(data->useragent) {
-      if(data->ptr_uagent)
-        free(data->ptr_uagent);
-      data->ptr_uagent =
+      if(conn->allocptr.uagent)
+        free(conn->allocptr.uagent);
+      conn->allocptr.uagent =
         aprintf("User-Agent: %s\015\012", data->useragent);
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index d1c770a11..ea25345f6 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ struct connectdata {
   long upload_bufsize; /* adjust as you see fit, never bigger than BUFSIZE
                           never smaller than UPLOAD_BUFSIZE */
 
+  long maxdownload; /* in bytes, the maximum amount of data to fetch, 0
+                       means unlimited */
+  
   struct ssl_connect_data ssl; /* this is for ssl-stuff */
 
   struct ConnectBits bits;    /* various state-flags for this connection */
@@ -274,6 +277,17 @@ struct connectdata {
                             the same we read from. -1 disables */
   long *writebytecountp; /* return number of bytes written or NULL */
 
+  /** Dynamicly allocated strings, may need to be freed before this **/
+  /** struct is killed.                                             **/
+  struct dynamically_allocated_data {
+    char *proxyuserpwd; /* free later if not NULL! */
+    char *uagent; /* free later if not NULL! */
+    char *userpwd; /* free later if not NULL! */
+    char *rangeline; /* free later if not NULL! */
+    char *ref; /* free later if not NULL! */
+    char *cookie; /* free later if not NULL! */
+    char *host; /* free later if not NULL */
+  } allocptr;
 
 #ifdef KRB4
 
@@ -411,11 +425,15 @@ typedef enum {
  *
  * (Request)
  * 3 - Request-specific. Variables that are of interest for this particular
- *     transfer being made right now.
+ *     transfer being made right now. THIS IS WRONG STRUCT FOR THOSE.
  *
  * In Febrary 2001, this is being done stricter. The 'connectdata' struct
  * MUST have all the connection oriented stuff as we may now have several
  * simultaneous connections and connection structs in memory.
+ *
+ * From now on, the 'UrlData' must only contain data that is set once to go
+ * for many (perhaps) independent connections. Values that are generated or
+ * calculated internally MUST NOT be a part of this struct.
  */
 
 struct UrlData {
@@ -488,9 +506,6 @@ struct UrlData {
   long timeout; /* in seconds, 0 means no timeout */
   long infilesize; /* size of file to upload, -1 means unknown */
 
-  long maxdownload; /* in bytes, the maximum amount of data to fetch, 0
-                       means unlimited */
-  
   char buffer[BUFSIZE+1]; /* buffer with size BUFSIZE */
 
   double current_speed;  /* the ProgressShow() funcion sets this */
@@ -546,15 +561,6 @@ struct UrlData {
   char proxyuser[MAX_CURL_USER_LENGTH];
   char proxypasswd[MAX_CURL_PASSWORD_LENGTH];
 
-  /**** Dynamicly allocated strings, may need to be freed on return ****/
-  char *ptr_proxyuserpwd; /* free later if not NULL! */
-  char *ptr_uagent; /* free later if not NULL! */
-  char *ptr_userpwd; /* free later if not NULL! */
-  char *ptr_rangeline; /* free later if not NULL! */
-  char *ptr_ref; /* free later if not NULL! */
-  char *ptr_cookie; /* free later if not NULL! */
-  char *ptr_host; /* free later if not NULL */
-
   char *krb4_level; /* what security level */
 #ifdef KRB4
   FILE *cmdchannel;