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 20:48:41 UTC