- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 20:25:51 +0100 (MET)
- To: Matt Bookman <matt@pointcast.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Matt Bookman: > >For the HTTP/1.1 support of content ranges, what should be the correct = >server response for a byte range that is outside the actual contents of = >the file? > >For example, suppose I have a file 1000 bytes in length, and the request = >sent to my server includes a range request of: > >Range: bytes=2000-2500 > >What is the correct response? Is a 204 the correct response? Is a 206 = >with a Content-Length of 0 Correct? If so, then what is the = >"Content-Range:" that one should return? 204 is incorrect, and I think a 206 would be too. I would return either a 200 or a 400 (bad request). >-Matt Bookman Koen.
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