On 17 Feb 2015, at 22:21, André Malo <n...@perlig.de> wrote: > > * Eric Covener wrote: > >> Java application servers like WebSphere and WebLogic provide Apache modules >> like this. I don't know how to address the "why", I just want to remove the >> special treatment for mod_proxy / r->proxyreq and only set a Date if one >> wasn't provided by the handler. The user I was working with didn't fully >> understand how how his software re-used the value in the Date header as sent >> in the handler. > > Uhm, I have no real idea about those, but are they not integrated with the > proxy framework? ajp? > > However, I always saw this Date header handling as a way to enforce RFC > compliance (e.g. to overwrite Date-headers in mod_asis handlers and crappy > backends). Wrong Date headers may have a huge impact, as I see it. But then, > maybe I'm overrating that.
So maybe the logic should be to preserve a Date: header iff it is compliant with the relevant RFC? With this, modules that want a Date: header automatically added need only to ensure they don't assert an apparently valid Date header. -- Tim Bannister – +44 7980408788 – is...@c8h10n4o2.org.uk
