diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4ce30b9a35..64eee13f71 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
 
+2.1-207 | 2012-12-05 15:47:32 -0800
+
+  * Reporting warnings if kill/waitpid fail in communication system.
+    (Bill Parker)
+
+  * Replace() bzero with memset(). (Bill Parker)
+
+  * Merge remote-tracking branch 'vlad/topic/vladg/http-verbs'
+
+    * vlad/topic/vladg/http-verbs:
+      A test for HTTP methods, including some horribly illegal requests.
+      Remove hardcoded HTTP verbs from the analyzer (#741)
+
+    I added a "bad_HTTP_request" weird for HTTP request lines that don't
+    have more than a single word.
+
+    Closes #741. (Robin Sommer)
+
+  * A test for HTTP methods, including some horribly illegal requests. (Vlad Grigorescu)
+
+  * Remove hardcoded HTTP verbs from the analyzer (#741) (Vlad Grigorescu)
+
+
 2.1-203 | 2012-12-05 14:36:56 -0800
 
   * Fix segfault: Synchronization of state between connecting peers
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5a8388c35d..e0c0306d87 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1-203
+2.1-207
diff --git a/aux/broccoli b/aux/broccoli
index a8846fc5b0..5c983a00ce 160000
--- a/aux/broccoli
+++ b/aux/broccoli
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a8846fc5b004ffe4e3d00e826d0077ba19518192
+Subproject commit 5c983a00ce45b2687d0235b67602c98916910412
diff --git a/src/RemoteSerializer.cc b/src/RemoteSerializer.cc
index 54986610bc..66f8def489 100644
--- a/src/RemoteSerializer.cc
+++ b/src/RemoteSerializer.cc
@@ -545,8 +545,11 @@ RemoteSerializer::~RemoteSerializer()
 	{
 	if ( child_pid )
 		{
-		kill(child_pid, SIGKILL);
-		waitpid(child_pid, 0, 0);
+		if ( kill(child_pid, SIGKILL) < 0 )
+			reporter->Warning("warning: cannot kill child (pid %d), %s", child_pid, strerror(errno));
+
+		else if ( waitpid(child_pid, 0, 0) < 0 )
+			reporter->Warning("warning: error encountered during waitpid(%d), %s", child_pid, strerror(errno));
 		}
 
 	delete io;
@@ -3161,7 +3164,10 @@ void RemoteSerializer::FatalError(const char* msg)
 	reporter->Error("%s", msg);
 
 	closed = true;
-	kill(child_pid, SIGQUIT);
+
+	if ( kill(child_pid, SIGQUIT) < 0 )
+		reporter->Warning("warning: cannot kill child pid %d, %s", child_pid, strerror(errno));
+
 	child_pid = 0;
 	using_communication = false;
 	io->Clear();
@@ -3971,7 +3977,7 @@ bool SocketComm::Connect(Peer* peer)
 	{
 	int status;
 	addrinfo hints, *res, *res0;
-	bzero(&hints, sizeof(hints));
+        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
 
 	hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
 	hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
@@ -4103,7 +4109,7 @@ bool SocketComm::Listen()
 	{
 	int status, on = 1;
 	addrinfo hints, *res, *res0;
-	bzero(&hints, sizeof(hints));
+        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
 
 	IPAddr listen_ip(listen_if);
 
@@ -4368,7 +4374,8 @@ void SocketComm::Kill()
 
 	CloseListenFDs();
 
-	kill(getpid(), SIGTERM);
+	if ( kill(getpid(), SIGTERM) < 0 )
+		Log(fmt("warning: cannot kill SocketComm pid %d, %s", getpid(), strerror(errno)));
 
 	while ( 1 )
 		; // loop until killed