this report has been filed here:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/302111

rhythmbox version is: 0.11.6svn20081008

"i've launched online radios, i noticed that gvfs-http has opened some sockets
for the websites as well as rhythmbox. When i stop the playback and close rhythmbox, the
sockets of rythmbox were closed but gvfs-http's were not. They stayed CLOSE_WAIT until i kill the process (three hours after).
Is there a way to close all used sockets at leaving (even the gvfs-http ones)?"

"

just a mere coincidence but i've been hit by this today. I' m not an usual user off rythmbox but i decided to give it a try and found the exact same behaviour:

sudo netstat -tupan | grep gvfs
[sudo] password for andres:
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:50517 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 0 0 172.29.93.100:40005 200.75.56.170:80 ESTABLECIDO 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:40178 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 0 0 172.29.93.100:56583 72.21.207.7:80 ESTABLECIDO 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:38753 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:50518 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 0 0 172.29.93.100:40006 200.75.56.170:80 ESTABLECIDO 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:40180 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:45072 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:45051 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 1 0 172.29.93.100:45071 200.75.56.170:80 CLOSE_WAIT 20321/gvfsd-http
tcp 0 0 172.29.93.100:52957 72.21.207.7:80 ESTABLECIDO 20321/gvfsd-http
"

is this a gvfs issue?

Thanks in advance,