On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 09:45:10AM +0200, Graham Leggett wrote: > According to RFC2616, a content-type "SHOULD" be present. If it is not > present, then the client can either guess what it is based on file > extension or looking at a few bytes, otherwise it should be > "application/octet-stream". > > So - the question is, should proxy be adding a content-type header to > responses without one? If we don't, we effectively tell the browser "you > deal with the broken content".
IMHO a proxy should be a "transparent tunnel", at least logically. To fix such a complete brokenness is not its job. I'd say -1 for guessing a content-type in the proxy. Martin -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Fujitsu Siemens Fon: +49-89-636-46021, FAX: +49-89-636-47655 | 81730 Munich, Germany
