more funny HTTP server behaviour

[Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>]

marcs@lerkim:~$ telnet help.netscape.com 80
Trying 207.200.76.42...
Connected to help1.netscape.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.1 (null)
Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.5.1E
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:18:22 GMT
Content-type: text/html
Connection: close

Connection closed by foreign host.
marcs@lerkim:~$ telnet help.netscape.com 80
Trying 207.200.76.42...
Connected to help1.netscape.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.5.1E
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:18:32 GMT
Content-type: text/html
Last-modified: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 23:37:03 GMT
Content-length: 11837
Accept-ranges: bytes
Connection: close

[...]

Gee.  I sure want to buy a server from a company that can't even make
their own server on their own site talk anything resembling HTTP.

And I was wondering why Netscape is running way old (eg. 1.1, 2.x)
versions of their servers on most of their sites.  Guess the admins know
something the developers don't.

marcs@lerkim:~$ telnet help.netscape.com 80
Trying 207.200.76.42...
Connected to help1.netscape.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.2
Host: help1.netscape.com

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.5.1E

Your browser sent a message this server could not understand.Connection
closed by foreign host.
marcs@lerkim:~$

God forbid there be a HTTP/1.2.

Re: more funny HTTP server behaviour

["snyland@workfire.com" <sn...@workfire.com>]

Very interesting work, Marc.  Depressing, isn't it?  This would be funny if
it weren't so horrific.

Marc Slemko wrote:

> ...
> GET / HTTP/1.2
> Host: help1.netscape.com
>
> HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
> Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.5.1E
>
> Your browser sent a message this server could not understand.Connection
> closed by foreign host.
> marcs@lerkim:~$
>
> God forbid there be a HTTP/1.2.

-- Jenn Nyland