CSS layout with fixed top and bottom, variable height middle

Question

Position the middle div using absolute positioning without specifying height. It does not get much simpler than this:

#header {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: #abcdef;
}
#footer {
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: #abcdef;
}
#content {
    position: fixed;
    top: 100px;
    bottom: 100px;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    background-color: #F63;
    overflow: auto;
}

<div id="header"></div>
<div id="content"></div>
<div id="footer"></div>

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