general/5403: if .../file.html is a valid URL referring to a file, .../file.html/foobar.html is also valid rather than file not found

[Steven Janowsky <sj...@thi.com>]

>Number:         5403
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       if .../file.html is a valid URL referring to a file, .../file.html/foobar.html is also valid rather than file not found
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec  1 07:10:04 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     sjanowsky@thi.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
Linux 2.0.36 as well as the apache.org server
>Description:
If .../file.html is a valid (file) URL, when you attempt to reference
.../file.html/foobar.html the file .../file.html will be loaded rather than getting a file not found error.  In addition, the file does not usually load properly as links are treated relative to (the nonexistent) foobar.html
>How-To-Repeat:
www.apache.org/index.html/notarealfile.html
>Fix:

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