34 files changed, 418 insertions, 477 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Addons/OfflineIM/Remote/OfflineIMServiceRobustConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Addons/OfflineIM/Remote/OfflineIMServiceRobustConnector.cs
index c44b6cc..b3673da 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Addons/OfflineIM/Remote/OfflineIMServiceRobustConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Addons/OfflineIM/Remote/OfflineIMServiceRobustConnector.cs
@@ -215,18 +215,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.OfflineIM
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/OpenSim/Capabilities/LLSD.cs b/OpenSim/Capabilities/LLSD.cs
index eec9e61..c59cede 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Capabilities/LLSD.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Capabilities/LLSD.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Capabilities
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static object LLSDDeserialize(byte[] b)
         {
-            return LLSDDeserialize(new MemoryStream(b, false));
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(b, false))
+            {
+                return LLSDDeserialize(ms);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -78,21 +81,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Capabilities
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static object LLSDDeserialize(Stream st)
         {
-            XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(st);
-            reader.Read();
-            SkipWS(reader);
+            using (XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(st))
+            {
+                reader.Read();
+                SkipWS(reader);
 
-            if (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element || reader.LocalName != "llsd")
-                throw new LLSDParseException("Expected <llsd>");
+                if (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element || reader.LocalName != "llsd")
+                    throw new LLSDParseException("Expected <llsd>");
 
-            reader.Read();
-            object ret = LLSDParseOne(reader);
-            SkipWS(reader);
+                reader.Read();
+                object ret = LLSDParseOne(reader);
+                SkipWS(reader);
 
-            if (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.EndElement || reader.LocalName != "llsd")
-                throw new LLSDParseException("Expected </llsd>");
+                if (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.EndElement || reader.LocalName != "llsd")
+                    throw new LLSDParseException("Expected </llsd>");
 
-            return ret;
+                return ret;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/RestClient.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/RestClient.cs
index e556181..fb79c59 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/RestClient.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/RestClient.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications
     /// other threads to execute, while it waits for a response from the web-service. RestClient itself can be
     /// invoked by the caller in either synchronous mode or asynchronous modes.
     /// </remarks>
-    public class RestClient
+    public class RestClient : IDisposable
     {
         private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
@@ -148,6 +148,33 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications
 
         #endregion constructors
 
+
+        #region Dispose
+
+        private bool disposed = false;
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            Dispose(true);
+            GC.SuppressFinalize(this); 
+        }
+
+        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposed)
+                return;
+
+            if (disposing)
+            {
+                _resource.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            disposed = true;
+        }
+
+        #endregion Dispose
+
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Add a path element to the query, e.g. assets
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
index b92c25b..093855c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
@@ -832,28 +832,40 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
                 return; // never log these; they're just binary data
 
             Stream inputStream = Util.Copy(request.InputStream);
-
-            if ((request.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (request.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
-                inputStream = new GZipStream(inputStream, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress);
-
-            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream, Encoding.UTF8))
+            Stream innerStream = null;
+            try
             {
-                string output;
-
-                if (DebugLevel == 5)
+                if ((request.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (request.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
                 {
-                    char[] chars = new char[WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength + 1];  // +1 so we know to add "..." only if needed
-                    int len = reader.Read(chars, 0, WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength + 1);
-                    output = new string(chars, 0, Math.Min(len, WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength));
-                    if (len > WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength)
-                        output += "...";
+                    innerStream = inputStream;
+                    inputStream = new GZipStream(innerStream, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress);
                 }
-                else
+
+                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream, Encoding.UTF8))
                 {
-                    output = reader.ReadToEnd();
-                }
+                    string output;
 
-                m_log.DebugFormat("[LOGHTTP] {0}", Util.BinaryToASCII(output));
+                    if (DebugLevel == 5)
+                    {
+                        char[] chars = new char[WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength + 1];  // +1 so we know to add "..." only if needed
+                        int len = reader.Read(chars, 0, WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength + 1);
+                        output = new string(chars, 0, Math.Min(len, WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength));
+                        if (len > WebUtil.MaxRequestDiagLength)
+                            output += "...";
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        output = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                    }
+
+                    m_log.DebugFormat("[LOGHTTP] {0}", Util.BinaryToASCII(output));
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (innerStream != null)
+                    innerStream.Dispose();
+                inputStream.Dispose();
             }
         }
 
@@ -981,19 +993,33 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
         /// <param name="response"></param>
         private byte[] HandleXmlRpcRequests(OSHttpRequest request, OSHttpResponse response)
         {
-            Stream requestStream = request.InputStream;
+            String requestBody;
 
-            if ((request.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (request.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
-                requestStream = new GZipStream(requestStream, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress);
+            Stream requestStream = request.InputStream;
+            Stream innerStream = null;
+            try
+            {
+                if ((request.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (request.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
+                {
+                    innerStream = requestStream;
+                    requestStream = new GZipStream(innerStream, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress);
+                }
 
-            Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
-            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(requestStream, encoding);
+                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(requestStream, Encoding.UTF8))
+                {
+                    requestBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (innerStream != null)
+                    innerStream.Dispose();
+                requestStream.Dispose();
+            }
 
-            string requestBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
-            reader.Close();
-            requestStream.Close();
             //m_log.Debug(requestBody);
             requestBody = requestBody.Replace("<base64></base64>", "");
+
             string responseString = String.Empty;
             XmlRpcRequest xmlRprcRequest = null;
 
@@ -1089,18 +1115,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
 
                     response.ContentType = "text/xml";
                     using (MemoryStream outs = new MemoryStream())
+                    using (XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(outs, Encoding.UTF8))
                     {
-                        using (XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(outs, Encoding.UTF8))
+                        writer.Formatting = Formatting.None;
+                        XmlRpcResponseSerializer.Singleton.Serialize(writer, xmlRpcResponse);
+                        writer.Flush();
+                        outs.Flush();
+                        outs.Position = 0;
+                        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(outs))
                         {
-                            writer.Formatting = Formatting.None;
-                            XmlRpcResponseSerializer.Singleton.Serialize(writer, xmlRpcResponse);
-                            writer.Flush();
-                            outs.Flush();
-                            outs.Position = 0;
-                            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(outs))
-                            {
-                                responseString = sr.ReadToEnd();
-                            }
+                            responseString = sr.ReadToEnd();
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPoster.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPoster.cs
index 48ced19..afe052f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPoster.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPoster.cs
@@ -52,23 +52,25 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
             request.Method = verb;
             request.ContentType = "text/xml";
 
-            MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream();
+            using (MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
+                settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
 
-            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
-            settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+                using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
+                {
+                    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
+                    serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
+                    writer.Flush();
+                }
 
-            using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
-            {
-                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
-                serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
-                writer.Flush();
-            }
+                int length = (int)buffer.Length;
+                request.ContentLength = length;
 
-            int length = (int) buffer.Length;
-            request.ContentLength = length;
+                using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
+                    requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
+            }
 
-            Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
-            requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
             // IAsyncResult result = request.BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, request);
             request.BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, request);
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPosterResponse.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPosterResponse.cs
index 451745c..a911b9f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPosterResponse.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestObjectPosterResponse.cs
@@ -60,24 +60,25 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
             request.ContentType = "text/xml";
             request.Timeout = 10000;
 
-            MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream();
+            using (MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
+                settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+
+                using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
+                {
+                    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
+                    serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
+                    writer.Flush();
+                }
 
-            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
-            settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+                int length = (int)buffer.Length;
+                request.ContentLength = length;
 
-            using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
-            {
-                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
-                serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
-                writer.Flush();
+                using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
+                    requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
             }
 
-            int length = (int) buffer.Length;
-            request.ContentLength = length;
-
-            Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
-            requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
-            requestStream.Close();
             // IAsyncResult result = request.BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, request);
             request.BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, request);
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestSessionService.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestSessionService.cs
index 83c9848..ad69cd2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestSessionService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/RestSessionService.cs
@@ -77,25 +77,24 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
             request.ContentType = "text/xml";
             request.Timeout = 20000;
 
-            MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream();
-
-            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
-            settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
-
-            using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
+            using (MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream())
             {
-                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
-                serializer.Serialize(writer, sobj);
-                writer.Flush();
-            }
+                XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
+                settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
 
-            int length = (int)buffer.Length;
-            request.ContentLength = length;
+                using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
+                {
+                    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
+                    serializer.Serialize(writer, sobj);
+                    writer.Flush();
+                }
+
+                int length = (int)buffer.Length;
+                request.ContentLength = length;
 
-            Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
-            requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
-            buffer.Close();
-            requestStream.Close();
+                using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
+                    requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
+            }
 
             TResponse deserial = default(TResponse);
             using (WebResponse resp = request.GetResponse())
@@ -133,25 +132,25 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
             request.ContentType = "text/xml";
             request.Timeout = 10000;
 
-            MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream();
+            using (MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
+                settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+
+                using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
+                {
+                    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
+                    serializer.Serialize(writer, sobj);
+                    writer.Flush();
+                }
 
-            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
-            settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+                int length = (int)buffer.Length;
+                request.ContentLength = length;
 
-            using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
-            {
-                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
-                serializer.Serialize(writer, sobj);
-                writer.Flush();
+                using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
+                    requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
             }
-            buffer.Close();
-
-            int length = (int)buffer.Length;
-            request.ContentLength = length;
 
-            Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
-            requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
-            requestStream.Close();
             // IAsyncResult result = request.BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, request);
             request.BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, request);
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index 9d7de97..5c429ee 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -509,6 +509,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             return sb.ToString();
         }
 
+        public static byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
+        {
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+            using (XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null))
+            {
+                xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
+                doc.WriteTo(xw);
+                xw.Flush();
+
+                return ms.ToArray();
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Is the platform Windows?
         /// </summary>
@@ -1307,46 +1320,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             return ret;
         }
 
-        public static string Compress(string text)
-        {
-            byte[] buffer = Util.UTF8.GetBytes(text);
-            MemoryStream memory = new MemoryStream();
-            using (GZipStream compressor = new GZipStream(memory, CompressionMode.Compress, true))
-            {
-                compressor.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
-            }
-
-            memory.Position = 0;
-           
-            byte[] compressed = new byte[memory.Length];
-            memory.Read(compressed, 0, compressed.Length);
-
-            byte[] compressedBuffer = new byte[compressed.Length + 4];
-            Buffer.BlockCopy(compressed, 0, compressedBuffer, 4, compressed.Length);
-            Buffer.BlockCopy(BitConverter.GetBytes(buffer.Length), 0, compressedBuffer, 0, 4);
-            return Convert.ToBase64String(compressedBuffer);
-        }
-
-        public static string Decompress(string compressedText)
-        {
-            byte[] compressedBuffer = Convert.FromBase64String(compressedText);
-            using (MemoryStream memory = new MemoryStream())
-            {
-                int msgLength = BitConverter.ToInt32(compressedBuffer, 0);
-                memory.Write(compressedBuffer, 4, compressedBuffer.Length - 4);
-
-                byte[] buffer = new byte[msgLength];
-
-                memory.Position = 0;
-                using (GZipStream decompressor = new GZipStream(memory, CompressionMode.Decompress))
-                {
-                    decompressor.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
-                }
-
-                return Util.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Copy data from one stream to another, leaving the read position of both streams at the beginning.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs
index e614fd5..d683152 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/WebUtil.cs
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
         public static void LogOutgoingDetail(string context, Stream outputStream)
         {
-            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(Util.Copy(outputStream), Encoding.UTF8))
+            using (Stream stream = Util.Copy(outputStream))
+            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
             {
                 string output;
 
@@ -262,12 +263,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
                         using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
                         {
-                            using (GZipStream comp = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Compress))
+                            using (GZipStream comp = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Compress, true))
                             {
                                 comp.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
                                 // We need to close the gzip stream before we write it anywhere
                                 // because apparently something important related to gzip compression
-                                // gets written on the strteam upon Dispose()
+                                // gets written on the stream upon Dispose()
                             }
                             byte[] buf = ms.ToArray();
                             request.ContentLength = buf.Length;   //Count bytes to send
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Agent/TextureSender/J2KDecoderModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Agent/TextureSender/J2KDecoderModule.cs
index 732781a..5cdcab9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Agent/TextureSender/J2KDecoderModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Agent/TextureSender/J2KDecoderModule.cs
@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Agent.TextureSender
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        List<int> layerStarts = CSJ2K.J2kImage.GetLayerBoundaries(new MemoryStream(j2kData));
+                        List<int> layerStarts;
+                        using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(j2kData))
+                        {
+                            layerStarts = CSJ2K.J2kImage.GetLayerBoundaries(ms);
+                        }
 
                         if (layerStarts != null && layerStarts.Count > 0)
                         {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs
index ff87ece..13512a2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Friends/FriendsRequestHandler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+/*
  * Copyright (c) Contributors, http://opensimulator.org/
  * See CONTRIBUTORS.TXT for a full list of copyright holders.
  *
@@ -289,18 +289,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Friends
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
index e9c6fb6..c8056d4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -918,17 +918,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         {
             ITerrainModule terrainModule = scene.RequestModuleInterface<ITerrainModule>();
 
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data);
-            if (m_displacement != Vector3.Zero || m_rotation != 0f)
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data))
             {
-                Vector2 rotationCenter = new Vector2(m_rotationCenter.X, m_rotationCenter.Y);
-                terrainModule.LoadFromStream(terrainPath, m_displacement, m_rotation, rotationCenter, ms);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                terrainModule.LoadFromStream(terrainPath, ms);
+                if (m_displacement != Vector3.Zero || m_rotation != 0f)
+                {
+                    Vector2 rotationCenter = new Vector2(m_rotationCenter.X, m_rotationCenter.Y);
+                    terrainModule.LoadFromStream(terrainPath, m_displacement, m_rotation, rotationCenter, ms);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    terrainModule.LoadFromStream(terrainPath, ms);
+                }
             }
-            ms.Close();
 
             m_log.DebugFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Restored terrain {0}", terrainPath);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequest.cs
index 136a16e..448147a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequest.cs
@@ -569,10 +569,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             string terrainPath = String.Format("{0}{1}{2}.r32",
                 regionDir, ArchiveConstants.TERRAINS_PATH, scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
 
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            scene.RequestModuleInterface<ITerrainModule>().SaveToStream(terrainPath, ms);
-            m_archiveWriter.WriteFile(terrainPath, ms.ToArray());
-            ms.Close();
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                scene.RequestModuleInterface<ITerrainModule>().SaveToStream(terrainPath, ms);
+                m_archiveWriter.WriteFile(terrainPath, ms.ToArray());
+            }
 
             m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Adding scene objects to archive.");
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs
index eecc478..b417198 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/EstateManagementModule.cs
@@ -1116,9 +1116,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Estate
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    MemoryStream terrainStream = new MemoryStream(terrainData);
-                    terr.LoadFromStream(filename, terrainStream);
-                    terrainStream.Close();
+                    using (MemoryStream terrainStream = new MemoryStream(terrainData))
+                        terr.LoadFromStream(filename, terrainStream);
 
                     FileInfo x = new FileInfo(filename);
                     remoteClient.SendAlertMessage("Your terrain was loaded as a " + x.Extension + " file. It may take a few moments to appear.");
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/XEstateRequestHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/XEstateRequestHandler.cs
index 2366767..ec5af2b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/XEstateRequestHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Estate/XEstateRequestHandler.cs
@@ -281,18 +281,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Estate
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Serialiser/SerialiseObjects.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Serialiser/SerialiseObjects.cs
index 328fbf0..65f464a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Serialiser/SerialiseObjects.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Serialiser/SerialiseObjects.cs
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Serialiser
         {
             string xmlstream = GetObjectXml(scene);
 
-            MemoryStream stream = ReformatXmlString(xmlstream);
-
-            stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-            CreateXmlFile(stream, fileName);
+            using (MemoryStream stream = ReformatXmlString(xmlstream))
+            {
+                stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                CreateXmlFile(stream, fileName);
 
-            stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-            CreateCompressedXmlFile(stream, fileName);
+                stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                CreateCompressedXmlFile(stream, fileName);
+            }
         }
 
         private static MemoryStream ReformatXmlString(string xmlstream)
@@ -112,13 +113,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Serialiser
         {
             #region GZip Compressed Version
 
-            FileStream objectsFileCompressed = new FileStream(fileName + ".gzs", FileMode.Create);
-            MemoryStream gzipMSStream = new MemoryStream();
-            GZipStream gzipStream = new GZipStream(gzipMSStream, CompressionMode.Compress);
-            xmlStream.WriteTo(gzipStream);
-            gzipMSStream.WriteTo(objectsFileCompressed);
-            objectsFileCompressed.Flush();
-            objectsFileCompressed.Close();
+            using (FileStream objectsFileCompressed = new FileStream(fileName + ".gzs", FileMode.Create))
+            using (MemoryStream gzipMSStream = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                using (GZipStream gzipStream = new GZipStream(gzipMSStream, CompressionMode.Compress, true))
+                {
+                    xmlStream.WriteTo(gzipStream);
+                }
+
+                gzipMSStream.WriteTo(objectsFileCompressed);
+            }
 
             #endregion
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs
index 2d28d6e..995e297 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.WorldMap
 
             if (myMapImageJPEG.Length == 0)
             {
-                MemoryStream imgstream = new MemoryStream();
+                MemoryStream imgstream = null;
                 Bitmap mapTexture = new Bitmap(1,1);
                 ManagedImage managedImage;
                 Image image = (Image)mapTexture;
@@ -1192,10 +1192,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.WorldMap
                         image.Dispose();
 
                     if (imgstream != null)
-                    {
-                        imgstream.Close();
                         imgstream.Dispose();
-                    }
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -1639,4 +1636,4 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.WorldMap
         public uint itemtype;
         public ulong regionhandle;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/DataSnapshot/DataSnapshotManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/DataSnapshot/DataSnapshotManager.cs
index 4a06f6e..33899aa 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/DataSnapshot/DataSnapshotManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/DataSnapshot/DataSnapshotManager.cs
@@ -373,24 +373,27 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.DataSnapshot
             for (int i = 0; i < services.Length; i++)
             {
                 string url = services[i].Trim();
-                RestClient cli = new RestClient(url);
-                cli.AddQueryParameter("service", serviceName);
-                cli.AddQueryParameter("host", m_hostname);
-                cli.AddQueryParameter("port", m_listener_port);
-                cli.AddQueryParameter("secret", m_Secret.ToString());
-                cli.RequestMethod = "GET";
-                try
-                {
-                    reply = cli.Request(null);
-                }
-                catch (WebException)
+                using (RestClient cli = new RestClient(url))
                 {
-                    m_log.Warn("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Unable to notify " + url);
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    m_log.Warn("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Ignoring unknown exception " + e.ToString());
+                    cli.AddQueryParameter("service", serviceName);
+                    cli.AddQueryParameter("host", m_hostname);
+                    cli.AddQueryParameter("port", m_listener_port);
+                    cli.AddQueryParameter("secret", m_Secret.ToString());
+                    cli.RequestMethod = "GET";
+                    try
+                    {
+                        reply = cli.Request(null);
+                    }
+                    catch (WebException)
+                    {
+                        m_log.Warn("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Unable to notify " + url);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception e)
+                    {
+                        m_log.Warn("[DATASNAPSHOT]: Ignoring unknown exception " + e.ToString());
+                    }
                 }
+
                 byte[] response = new byte[1024];
                 // int n = 0;
                 try
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Animation/BinBVHAnimation.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Animation/BinBVHAnimation.cs
index 3afc87f..b3b38b2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Animation/BinBVHAnimation.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Animation/BinBVHAnimation.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+/*
  * Copyright (c) Contributors, http://opensimulator.org/
  * See CONTRIBUTORS.TXT for a full list of copyright holders.
  *
@@ -113,31 +113,34 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Animation
 
         public byte[] ToBytes()
         {
-            byte[] outputbytes = new byte[0];
+            byte[] outputbytes;
 
-            BinaryWriter iostream = new BinaryWriter(new MemoryStream());
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UInt16ToBytes(unknown0)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UInt16ToBytes(unknown1)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.IntToBytes(Priority)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(Length)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.WriteNullTerminatedString(ExpressionName));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(InPoint)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(OutPoint)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.IntToBytes(Loop ? 1 : 0)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(EaseInTime)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(EaseOutTime)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UIntToBytes(HandPose)));
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UIntToBytes((uint)(Joints.Length))));
-            
-            for (int i = 0; i < Joints.Length; i++)
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+            using (BinaryWriter iostream = new BinaryWriter(ms))
             {
-                Joints[i].WriteBytesToStream(iostream, InPoint, OutPoint);
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UInt16ToBytes(unknown0)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UInt16ToBytes(unknown1)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.IntToBytes(Priority)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(Length)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.WriteNullTerminatedString(ExpressionName));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(InPoint)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(OutPoint)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.IntToBytes(Loop ? 1 : 0)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(EaseInTime)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.FloatToBytes(EaseOutTime)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UIntToBytes(HandPose)));
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.UIntToBytes((uint)(Joints.Length))));
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < Joints.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    Joints[i].WriteBytesToStream(iostream, InPoint, OutPoint);
+                }
+                iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.IntToBytes(0)));
+            
+                using (MemoryStream ms2 = (MemoryStream)iostream.BaseStream)
+                    outputbytes = ms2.ToArray();
             }
-            iostream.Write(BinBVHUtil.ES(Utils.IntToBytes(0)));
-            MemoryStream ms = (MemoryStream)iostream.BaseStream;
-            outputbytes = ms.ToArray();
-            ms.Close();
-            iostream.Close();
+
             return outputbytes;
         }
         
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/KeyframeMotion.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/KeyframeMotion.cs
index 2d489ea..b4a171f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/KeyframeMotion.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/KeyframeMotion.cs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                         if (!m_selected)
                         {
                             StopTimer();
-                            m_serializedPosition = m_group.AbsolutePosition;

+                            m_serializedPosition = m_group.AbsolutePosition;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -308,10 +308,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
             try
             {
-                MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data);
-                BinaryFormatter fmt = new BinaryFormatter();
-
-                newMotion = (KeyframeMotion)fmt.Deserialize(ms);
+                using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data))
+                {
+                    BinaryFormatter fmt = new BinaryFormatter();
+                    newMotion = (KeyframeMotion)fmt.Deserialize(ms);
+                }
 
                 newMotion.m_group = grp;
 
@@ -345,26 +346,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 return;
 
             m_group = grp;
-            m_scene = grp.Scene;

+            m_scene = grp.Scene;
 
             Vector3 grppos = grp.AbsolutePosition;
-            Vector3 offset = grppos - m_serializedPosition;

+            Vector3 offset = grppos - m_serializedPosition;
             // avoid doing it more than once
             // current this will happen dragging a prim to other region
             m_serializedPosition = grppos;
 
             m_basePosition += offset;
             m_nextPosition += offset;
-            

+            
             m_currentFrame.StartPosition += offset;
-            m_currentFrame.Position += offset;

+            m_currentFrame.Position += offset;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < m_frames.Count; i++)
             {
                 Keyframe k = m_frames[i];
                 k.StartPosition += offset;
                 k.Position += offset;
-                m_frames[i]=k;

+                m_frames[i]=k;
             }
 
             if (m_running)
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     {
                         k.Position = pos;
 //                        k.Velocity = Vector3.Zero;
-                    }

+                    }
 
                     k.StartRotation = rot;
                     if (k.Rotation.HasValue)
@@ -764,19 +765,22 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         public Byte[] Serialize()
         {
             StopTimer();
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
 
-            BinaryFormatter fmt = new BinaryFormatter();
             SceneObjectGroup tmp = m_group;
-            m_group = null;

-            if (!m_selected && tmp != null)

-                m_serializedPosition = tmp.AbsolutePosition;

-            fmt.Serialize(ms, this);
-            m_group = tmp;
-            if (m_running && !m_waitingCrossing)
-                StartTimer();
+            m_group = null;
+            if (!m_selected && tmp != null)
+                m_serializedPosition = tmp.AbsolutePosition;
+
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                BinaryFormatter fmt = new BinaryFormatter();
+                fmt.Serialize(ms, this);
+                m_group = tmp;
+                if (m_running && !m_waitingCrossing)
+                    StartTimer();
 
-            return ms.ToArray();
+                return ms.ToArray();
+            }
         }
 
         public void StartCrossingCheck()
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs
index a7015e1..d07cc6a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/UuidGatherer.cs
@@ -458,35 +458,36 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             if (null == assetBase)
                 return;
 
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(assetBase.Data);
-            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms);
-
-            sr.ReadLine(); // Unknown (Version?)
-            sr.ReadLine(); // Unknown
-            sr.ReadLine(); // Unknown
-            sr.ReadLine(); // Name
-            sr.ReadLine(); // Comment ?
-            int count = Convert.ToInt32(sr.ReadLine()); // Item count
-
-            for (int i = 0 ; i < count ; i++)
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(assetBase.Data))
+            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms))
             {
-                string type = sr.ReadLine();
-                if (type == null)
-                    break;
-                string name = sr.ReadLine();
-                if (name == null)
-                    break;
-                string id = sr.ReadLine();
-                if (id == null)
-                    break;
-                string unknown = sr.ReadLine();
-                if (unknown == null)
-                    break;
-
-                // If it can be parsed as a UUID, it is an asset ID
-                UUID uuid;
-                if (UUID.TryParse(id, out uuid))
-                    assetUuids[uuid] = (sbyte)AssetType.Animation;
+                sr.ReadLine(); // Unknown (Version?)
+                sr.ReadLine(); // Unknown
+                sr.ReadLine(); // Unknown
+                sr.ReadLine(); // Name
+                sr.ReadLine(); // Comment ?
+                int count = Convert.ToInt32(sr.ReadLine()); // Item count
+
+                for (int i = 0 ; i < count ; i++)
+                {
+                    string type = sr.ReadLine();
+                    if (type == null)
+                        break;
+                    string name = sr.ReadLine();
+                    if (name == null)
+                        break;
+                    string id = sr.ReadLine();
+                    if (id == null)
+                        break;
+                    string unknown = sr.ReadLine();
+                    if (unknown == null)
+                        break;
+
+                    // If it can be parsed as a UUID, it is an asset ID
+                    UUID uuid;
+                    if (UUID.TryParse(id, out uuid))
+                        assetUuids[uuid] = (sbyte)AssetType.Animation;    // the asset is either an Animation or a Sound, but this distinction isn't important
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
index c92e23c..8f1d56b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
@@ -196,17 +196,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Base
 
         public static  byte[] SerializeResult(XmlSerializer xs, object data)
         {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, Util.UTF8);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            xs.Serialize(xw, data);
-            xw.Flush();
+            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+            using (XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, Util.UTF8))
+            {
+                xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
+                xs.Serialize(xw, data);
+                xw.Flush();
 
-            ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-            byte[] ret = ms.GetBuffer();
-            Array.Resize(ref ret, (int)ms.Length);
+                ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                byte[] ret = ms.GetBuffer();
+                Array.Resize(ref ret, (int)ms.Length);
 
-            return ret;
+                return ret;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs
index 5d65f67..6ee98b3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Authentication/AuthenticationServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Authentication
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         byte[] GetAuthInfo(UUID principalID)
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Authentication
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] SuccessResult(string token)
@@ -306,18 +306,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Authentication
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(t);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.GetBuffer();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] ResultToBytes(Dictionary<string, object> result)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Avatar/AvatarServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Avatar/AvatarServerPostHandler.cs
index 59dbed4..ff8699f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Avatar/AvatarServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Avatar/AvatarServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Avatar
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] FailureResult()
@@ -269,18 +269,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Avatar
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Friends/FriendsServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Friends/FriendsServerPostHandler.cs
index d442443..3aab30b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Friends/FriendsServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Friends/FriendsServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Friends
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] FailureResult()
@@ -261,18 +261,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Friends
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(message);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         void FromKeyValuePairs(Dictionary<string, object> kvp, out string principalID, out string friend, out int flags)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Grid/GridServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Grid/GridServerPostHandler.cs
index dda4756..d5a9d67 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Grid/GridServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Grid/GridServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Grid
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] FailureResult()
@@ -634,18 +634,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Grid
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(message);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/GridUser/GridUserServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/GridUser/GridUserServerPostHandler.cs
index 006f6ab..9237c63 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/GridUser/GridUserServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/GridUser/GridUserServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.GridUser
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] FailureResult()
@@ -301,20 +301,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.GridUser
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
-        }
-
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServerPostHandler.cs
index a2bdadb..37b47ed 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HGFriendsServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Hypergrid
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] SuccessResult(string value)
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Hypergrid
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(message);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Hypergrid
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(message);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] BoolResult(bool value)
@@ -417,21 +417,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Hypergrid
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
-        }
-
-
         #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Inventory/XInventoryInConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Inventory/XInventoryInConnector.cs
index 7283237..0288fa6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Inventory/XInventoryInConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Inventory/XInventoryInConnector.cs
@@ -191,18 +191,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Asset
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         byte[] HandleCreateUserInventory(Dictionary<string,object> request)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Map/MapAddServerConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Map/MapAddServerConnector.cs
index a896fdb..649a27e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Map/MapAddServerConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Map/MapAddServerConnector.cs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.MapImage
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] FailureResult(string msg)
@@ -215,18 +215,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.MapImage
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(message);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private System.Net.IPAddress GetCallerIP(IOSHttpRequest request)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Presence/PresenceServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Presence/PresenceServerPostHandler.cs
index 0b3b961..49dbcb5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Presence/PresenceServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Presence/PresenceServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Presence
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] FailureResult()
@@ -287,18 +287,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Presence
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs
index 6d3a3a7..da2bfeb 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Simulation/AgentHandlers.cs
@@ -250,14 +250,30 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Simulation
                 return encoding.GetBytes("false");
             }
 
+            string requestBody;
+
             Stream inputStream = request;
-            if ((httpRequest.ContentType == "application/x-gzip" || httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
-                inputStream = new GZipStream(inputStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+            Stream innerStream = null;
+            try
+            {
+                if ((httpRequest.ContentType == "application/x-gzip" || httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
+                {
+                    innerStream = inputStream;
+                    inputStream = new GZipStream(innerStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+                }
 
-            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream, encoding);
+                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream, encoding))
+                {
+                    requestBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (innerStream != null)
+                    innerStream.Dispose();
+                inputStream.Dispose();
+            }
 
-            string requestBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
-            reader.Close();
             keysvals.Add("body", requestBody);
 
             Hashtable responsedata = new Hashtable();
@@ -461,15 +477,31 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Simulation
             keysvals.Add("headers", headervals);
             keysvals.Add("querystringkeys", querystringkeys);
 
+            String requestBody;
+            Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+
             Stream inputStream = request;
-            if ((httpRequest.ContentType == "application/x-gzip" || httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
-                inputStream = new GZipStream(inputStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+            Stream innerStream = null;
+            try
+            {
+                if ((httpRequest.ContentType == "application/x-gzip" || httpRequest.Headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip") || (httpRequest.Headers["X-Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"))
+                {
+                    innerStream = inputStream;
+                    inputStream = new GZipStream(innerStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+                }
 
-            Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
-            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream, encoding);
+                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(inputStream, encoding))
+                {
+                    requestBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (innerStream != null)
+                    innerStream.Dispose();
+                inputStream.Dispose();
+            }
 
-            string requestBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
-            reader.Close();
             keysvals.Add("body", requestBody);
 
             httpResponse.StatusCode = 200;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/UserAccounts/UserAccountServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/UserAccounts/UserAccountServerPostHandler.cs
index c87e022..a77d78e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/UserAccounts/UserAccountServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/UserAccounts/UserAccountServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.UserAccounts
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] FailureResult()
@@ -337,18 +337,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.UserAccounts
 
             rootElement.AppendChild(result);
 
-            return DocToBytes(doc);
-        }
-
-        private byte[] DocToBytes(XmlDocument doc)
-        {
-            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
-            XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, null);
-            xw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
-            doc.WriteTo(xw);
-            xw.Flush();
-
-            return ms.ToArray();
+            return Util.DocToBytes(doc);
         }
 
         private byte[] ResultToBytes(Dictionary<string, object> result)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Asset/AssetServicesConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Asset/AssetServicesConnector.cs
index 0996acb..badacb7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Asset/AssetServicesConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Asset/AssetServicesConnector.cs
@@ -171,27 +171,29 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors
                     return fullAsset.Data;
             }
 
-            RestClient rc = new RestClient(m_ServerURI);
-            rc.AddResourcePath("assets");
-            rc.AddResourcePath(id);
-            rc.AddResourcePath("data");
+            using (RestClient rc = new RestClient(m_ServerURI))
+            {
+                rc.AddResourcePath("assets");
+                rc.AddResourcePath(id);
+                rc.AddResourcePath("data");
 
-            rc.RequestMethod = "GET";
+                rc.RequestMethod = "GET";
 
-            Stream s = rc.Request(m_Auth);
+                Stream s = rc.Request(m_Auth);
 
-            if (s == null)
-                return null;
+                if (s == null)
+                    return null;
 
-            if (s.Length > 0)
-            {
-                byte[] ret = new byte[s.Length];
-                s.Read(ret, 0, (int)s.Length);
+                if (s.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    byte[] ret = new byte[s.Length];
+                    s.Read(ret, 0, (int)s.Length);
 
-                return ret;
-            }
+                    return ret;
+                }
 
-            return null;
+                return null;
+            }
         }
 
         public bool Get(string id, Object sender, AssetRetrieved handler)