Re: What to do on byte ranges?

Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> 
> > We noticed clients are sending out requests with byte ranges,
> > on GIF's etc. Apache takes them as part of the filename, as
> > the CERN httpd reportedly does also, and the request fails.
> > ...
> > So, what is the correct response?
> 
> 404 Not Found
> 
> The problem is a bug in Netscape Navigator 2.0b1.  I do hope that
> the next beta is tested against servers other than Netsite.
> 

It is a bug in 2.0b1, and it happens with Netsite servers as well.
It will be fixed in the upcoming 2.0b2 release. 

:lou
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Lou Montulli                 http://www.netscape.com/people/montulli/
       Netscape Communications Corp.

Received on Thursday, 26 October 1995 16:10:40 UTC