Sections 3.3.1 and 5.1

Section 3.3.1

Strictly speaking Universal Time (which I think is actually UTC, not UT) 
is _not_ the same as GMT - they are guaranteed to be within 0.6s of each 
other.

Section 5.1

'The origin server MUST decode the Request-URI in order to properly 
interpret the request.  In requests that they forward, proxies MUST NOT 
rewrite the "abs_path" part of a Request-URI in any way except as noted 
above to replace a null abs_path with "*". Invalid Request-URIs SHOULD 
be responded to with an appropriate status code. Proxies MAY transform 
the Request-URI for internal processing purposes, but MUST NOT send such 
a transformed Request-URI  in forwarded requests. 
Note: This rule ensures that the form of Request-URI is well specified, 
to enable future extensions without fear that they will break in the 
face of some rewritings. One consequence of rewriting the Request-URI is 
that integrity or authentication checks by the server may fail. 
Implementers should be aware that some pre-HTTP/1.1 proxies have been 
known to rewrite the Request-URI.'

Speaking as one of those responsible for maintaining the Apache proxy 
module, I wonder about the intent of this paragraph - if a proxy is 
permitted to rewrite, presumably to make such transformations as a/./b 
-> a/b and a/b/../c -> a/c, then it hardly seems fair to allow the 
server to interpret them in a different way. Is this what is intended or 
are there other kinds of rewriting which it seeks to forbid?

Cheers,

Ben.

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Received on Friday, 31 May 1996 11:59:09 UTC