The following reply was made to PR mod_proxy/3354; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ben Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_proxy/3354: Escaped characters in URL break ProxyPass Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:39:56 -0800 (PST) On 6 Nov 1998, Ben Walter wrote: > >Description: > I set up a ProxyPass directive, eg: > > ProxyPass /foo/ http://www.foo.com/ > > I then request the URL /foo/some/url/containing/%2F/wont/work. Apache > gives a 404, saying the URL could not be found on this server instead > of passing the request through to the proxy. > >How-To-Repeat: > Set up any ProxyPass, request a URL that should be proxied but contains > an HTTP escape sequence, eg %2F. Are you sure it happens with any %-escaped character? %2F is special to Apache and it does not deal with requests that have it in at all, nothing particular to the proxy.
