The following reply was made to PR protocol/1454; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Subject: Re: protocol/1454: Apache doesn't always understand requests with
the absoluteURI in them (fwd)
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:08:33 -0800 (PST)
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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 22:24:36 +1100 (EST)
From: Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: protocol/1454: Apache doesn't always understand requests with the
absoluteURI in them
On 22 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> State-Changed-Why:
> Apache 1.2 and later does fully support full URIs. However,
> HTTP/1.1 also *requires* that if the Host: header is not
> present, a 400 response be sent. Apache adheres to this.
>
> Note that if you send Apache a full-URI request with a protocol
> indication greater than HTTP/1.1, this requirement is waived.
However this processing strategy is contrary to Section 5.2 which states:
1. If Request-URI is an absoluteURI, the host is part of the
Request-URI. Any Host header field value in the request MUST be
ignored.
2. If the Request-URI is not an absoluteURI, and the request
includes a Host header field, the host is determined by the Host
header field value.
3. If the host as determined by rule 1 or 2 is not a valid host on
the server, the response MUST be a 400 (Bad Request) error
message.
Essentially the canocial form of a request is
<method> <aboluteURI> <version>
however HTTP/1.1 server must ALSO understand:
<method> <pathURI> <versioN>
Host: <host>
which can easily be canonicalised.
Additionally you have not addressed the second half of my bug report -
where I show that an absoluteURI AND a host header works. The Host:
header should have no impact, it is implied by the absolute URI.
Anand.
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