mod_jserv/4757: "POST" Parameter are not decoded when running an applet within netscape

[Matthias Grupe <mg...@labworx.de>]

>Number:         4757
>Category:       mod_jserv
>Synopsis:       "POST" Parameter are not decoded when running an applet within netscape
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    jserv
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 23 10:10:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     mgrupe@labworx.de
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.36 and Jserv final 1.0
>Environment:
jdk 1.1.7 on Linux (blackdown), Netscape Navigator 4.06 or higher or 
Netscape Communicator 4.5 or higher on Linux and WinN
>Description:
Running an applet within the Netscape browser versions named above 
cannot submit "POST" parameters to a servlet URL.

Running the same applet within HotJava Browser 3.0 or MS Explorer(WIN NT) 4.0x
with the java com. kit works well.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
The problem is based on to the Content-type linked with a HttpRequest send 
by different browsers. Netscape browsers set as content-type "multipart/form-data",
other browsers set as content-type "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".

However, Jserv requires the content-type "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
in order to decode "POST" - Parameter (see org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.java, l
ine 768).
Fix: change the code that netscape content-types are allowed.

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