Re: GET http:////// HTTP/1.0

• From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
• Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 08:28:35 +0100
• To: Diwakar Shetty <diwakar.shetty@oracle.com>
• Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
• Message-ID: <3e56bc8e.15893363@smtp.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>

* Diwakar Shetty wrote:
>Is the following valid HTTP ??
>
>telnet web_server_host http_port
>GET http://///////////////    HTTP/1.0

  * Telnet will typically send LF instead of CRLF, while the latter is
    required
  * HTTP/1.0 requires use of absolute paths not absolute URIs for
    requests to non-proxies
  * the request URI is invalid even for proxies

Received on Wednesday, 5 February 2003 02:28:18 UTC