On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 17:32, Bill Barker wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Lubke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "tcdev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:43 AM > Subject: [Fwd: HTTP Host Request header and TC Connectors] > > > > By the way the quote was pulled from section 14.23 of RFC 2616. > > > > ========================= > > > > Hi, > > > > Looking for a little input from the HTTP gurus here. > > > > Given the following: > > > > "If the requested URI does not include an Internet host > > name for the service being requested, then the Host header > > field MUST be given with an empty value." > > > > So, I'm looking for other interpretations of what the above means. > > > > My interpretation at this point is the serviced targeted by the > > request URI is identified via an IP address vs a host name, that > > the Host request header will be sent but with an empty value. > > > > Does anyone agree/disagree? > > > > The reason I ask is that if an empty Host header is sent to Tomcat, and > > a redirect is sent back, the value of the Location header is useless, > > i.e. http:///index.jsp. > > My reading of 14.23 says that this is exactly what should happen, since the > only (valid) way that this could happen is if the user originally requested > http:///. Since the client was capable of resolving that request, it should > be able to resolve the value of the Location header.
Actually, the client doesn't request http:///. Example below. Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily Content-Type: text/html Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:01:29 GMT Transfer-Encoding: chunked Location: http:///index.html Server: Apache Tomcat/4.0.4 (HTTP/1.1 Connector) Perhaps I missed your point. > > > > > I'm trying to determine if this is a problem with the client > > implementation's interpretation of the spec, or a problem with Tomcat. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -rl > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
