- From: Paul Hoffman <paulh@imc.org>
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 10:42:22 -0800
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> > When a 1.1 server knows it is talking to a 1.1 client > > how about requiring that only > > Content-Length > > Transfer-Encoding > > Content-Type (Multipart types) > > be used to specify length and that closing the connection NOT be allowed > > for this case. . . . >The issue of allowing CGI scripts direct access to the client without having >the data 'validated' by something is a different issue. There are many ways >that servers can initiate CGI activity so if we pose the problem I am sure >that it will be solved. I'm not clear here on when you say "...Content-Type...be used to specify length". What if a CGI script *can't* know the length, such as in a "server push" situation (which uses multipart types and just keeps sending part after part until the user closes the connection). As to Larry's suggestion of "strongly recommended", I have a not-well-thought-out idea: allow "Content-Length: -1" to mean "I definitely don't (or can't) know the content length and I might use disconnect instead". This lets 1.1-aware clients know more than just "the server thinks it knows the length" and to be more prepared for disconnects. --Paul Hoffman --Internet Mail Consortium
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