mod_proxy/4782: FTP proxying for .gz files get translated as text/plain

[Alex Blewitt <Al...@ioshq.com>]

>Number:         4782
>Category:       mod_proxy
>Synopsis:       FTP proxying for .gz files get translated as text/plain
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 28 08:20:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alex.Blewitt@ioshq.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.3
>Environment:
Linux cerberus 2.0.34 #2 Thu Jul 9 10:57:48 EST 1998 i586 unknown
Server version: Apache/1.3.3 (Unix) Debian/GNU
Server built:   Feb 13 1999 17:24:50
>Description:
Using the mod_proxy as an ftp proxy with Lynx (ftp_proxy=http://proxy:8080/) 
I can navigate files/directories/view non-binary material OK. I can also
download files ending in .exe, .zip and so on, and are correctly reported as
application/x-msdos-executable etc. as per the /etc/mime.types file.

However, if I attempt to look at a file ending in .gz, it does not get
reported as a GZIP file. (Originally, I had no entry in the /etc/mime-types file,
but since adding in application/gzip gz it still fails).

Since the default transfer is for 'binary' I am suprised that the FTP proxy is reporting
it as 'text/plain' in its report.
>How-To-Repeat:
1) Make a GZIP file
2) look at it through mod_proxy on vi an FTP server
>Fix:
Have the default mod_proxy transfer type report it as application/octet-stream instead of text/plain
for types that aren't registered?
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