Geoffrey Sneddon wrote: > Hi, > > When a server receives a header (say, for example, a If-Modified-Since > header) whose value does not match the grammar (or is otherwise > malformed), what should that server do? Should it just ignore that > header and pretend it wasn't there, or should it return 400, or should > it do something totally different? > > I had a quick look over bis, but I haven't read it that closely, so it > is entirely possible that this is already specified. > ... In general, the HTTP doesn't require a specific behavior for malformed requests. A server can accept them, or it can reject them with a 4xx status code. BR, JulianReceived on Sunday, 3 May 2009 17:26:39 UTC
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