- From: Sylvain Hellegouarch <sh@defuze.org>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:38:01 +0100 (BST)
- To: "Kuba Witczak" <czesacz@gmail.com>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
> The problem is that a system, which relies on HTTP protocol, refuses to > accept GET requests with header 'Content-length: 0'. This header added > to request doesn't bring any information, and should be ignored by a > system which relies on HTTP protocol, am i correct? Why ignored? It precisely says that the Entity field of the request is empty. Content-Length: 0 is a valid value. > > The sample request which causes error: > > GET /somepath/gfx.png HTTP/1.1 > ...som other headers > Content-length: 0 > > Perhaps you've faced similar problem previously and have some > experiences. > Is there any general rule in HTTP/1.1 protocol which allows or forbids > 'Content-length: 0' header in GET requests? It sounds like your system is in fault rather than HTTP :) Or I don't understand your correctly. In any case, the only place to look: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec4.html#sec4.4 - Sylvain
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