On 14/05/2010 19:43, André Warnier wrote:
> Mark Thomas wrote:
> ...
> 
>>
>> TRACE & PUT could be tested safely but it is hard to test DELETE without
>> causing some damage if it is permitted.
>>
> Well, you could DELETE http://localhost/some-highly-unlikely-url
> and check if you get a 404, couldn't you ?

... accidentally triggering an obscure bug, which <insert massive FAIL
here>.

> Although I do remember writing once a URL-checker program and its test
> suite, where I used domain names like
> http://unknown-domain.com
> http://inexistant.com
> etc..
> and be surprised as to how many of those actually do exist.

exactly.


p

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