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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by Felix von Leitner <le...@math.fu-berlin.de> on 1998/02/12 16:52:43 UTC

mod_negotiation/1793: Accept: text/html happily returns application/zip files.

>Number:         1793
>Category:       mod_negotiation
>Synopsis:       Accept: text/html happily returns application/zip files.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 12 09:10:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     leitner@math.fu-berlin.de
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2.5
>Environment:
Linux
>Description:
If I connect to my Apache server like this:
GET /foo.zip HTTP/1.0
Accept: text/html

It happily sends me the application/zip and even gives the content
type as application/zip.  IIRC, earlier versions refused to serve the
file, which strikes me as the right thing to do.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Have Apache return 406
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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