[whatwg] First or last Content-Type header?

• From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
• Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:19:08 +0200
• Message-ID: <4A24D26C.7070806@gmx.de>

Adam Barth wrote:
> 2009/6/1 Bil Corry <bil at corry.biz>:
>> Den.Molib wrote on 6/1/2009 4:55 PM:
>>> follow the last one, as it's the one provided nearer the content.
>> And by the same logic, the header closest to the content could be the one that was injected by an attacker (via application hole) -- so might choosing the first header be more prudent?
> 
> If your site is vulnerable to header splitting, then you have bigger
> problems than injecting a Content-Type header.
> 
> In any case, the four major browsers that actually look at the
> Content-Type header agree and use the last header.  The only browser
> that uses the first header more or less ignores it anyway.

Could you clarify that last point?

Are you talking about IE? Which version?

BR, Julian

Received on Tuesday, 2 June 2009 00:19:08 UTC