Re: protocol/1454: Apache doesn't always understand requests wit

[Lars Eilebrecht <La...@unix-ag.org>]

The following reply was made to PR protocol/1454; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Lars Eilebrecht <La...@unix-ag.org>
To: Anand Kumria <wi...@progsoc.uts.edu.au>
Cc: apbugs@apache.org
Subject: Re: protocol/1454: Apache doesn't always understand requests wit
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 18:05:04 +0100 (CET)

 According to Anand Kumria:
 
 [...]
 >   As I have tried to explain above the rules for processing requests don't
 >   consider the absence of the Host: header until rule 3. Apache is
 >   rejecting the document too early in its request parsing process.
 
 But a client sending a HTTP/1.1 fullURI request *must* send a Host:
 header. If the client doesn't send such a header it is broken and should
 be fixed.
 
 Apache provides some workarounds for specific versions of broken popular
 browsers (eg. Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Explorer), but providing
 a general 'workaround' for broken HTTP/1.1 clients is IMHO not useful.
 
 
 ciao...
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