Re: RE-VERSION
Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Sun, 10 Aug 1997 21:57:44 +0100
Klaus Weide wrote:
> <http://www.apache.org/dist/patches/apply_to_1.2.1/msie_4_0b2_fixes.patch>.
> By the way, that workaround at first look (according to the included
> description of the problem) seems to be a practical application of the
> exemption in RFC 2145 2.3 last para:
> "An HTTP server MAY send a lower response version, if it is known or
> suspected that the client incorrectly implements the HTTP
> specification, but this should not be the default, and this SHOULD
> NOT be done if the request version is HTTP/1.1 or greater."
> On second look, it seems that the desired "downgrading" effect for the
> client in question could also be achieved by sending "Connection: close"
> and not sending chunked entities, while still responding with "HTTP/1.1".
Maybe so, I see no virtue in that. What is the point of complying to the
standard while working around a broken beta? The solution we implemented
was expedient. We should, perhaps, note that, if the directive is used,
the server no longer complies with RFC 2145.
Cheers,
Ben.
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