- From: <kugler@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:10:28 -0600
- To: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
I don't want to implement a new protocol service using CGI. But I'm worried
about things like proxies refusing to forward chunked requests.
I haven't kept up with the Jakarta thing, but it will be interesting to see if
the Apache Java servlet implementation supports chunked POST.
-Carl
"Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@kiwi.ics.uci.edu> on 08/20/99 11:47:01 AM
To: Carl Kugler/Boulder/IBM@IBMUS
cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Subject: Re: IPP> Chunked POST
>> Nobody is going to prevent you from building a server that responds with
>> 411 to every request without implementing chunked. It would be a dumb
>> thing to do, but the standard doesn't prevent people from doing dumb things
>> (only things that won't interoperate with others via HTTP).
>
>Isn't that what Apache does with chunked POSTs?
No. It is what mod_cgi requires. Apache implements chunked in the core,
where any module can make use of it if they so desire.
As I've said many times before, implementing a new protocol service
using CGI is a bad idea. Making HTTP requirements based on the limitations
of CGI is even worse.
....Roy
Received on Friday, 20 August 1999 19:22:15 UTC