http: refactor server connection handling

PR-URL: #6533
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Fedor Indutny <fedor.indutny@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>

Author: mscdex