- From: Adrien de Croy <adrien@qbik.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 19:30:52 +1200
- To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
sorry - correction, wasn't a panasonic player. Apologies! Adrien de Croy wrote: > > Hi all > > I've come across a problem with an HTTP client which sends message > bodies and Content-Length when using the CONNECT method. > > Is it even legal for a CONNECT command to have a body? If it does, > what should the proxy do? The client (a panasonic blue-ray player) > breaks if the body is forwarded, however RFC2817 Sec 5.2 last para > implies it is legal to have a body here. > > Does anyone know of any other client that sends a body on CONNECT and > relies on it? It seems very odd to have a body there, since you don't > even have a connection necessarily to the end server yet. I'm loath > to break the proxy to support a broken client. > > Regards > > Adrien > -- Adrien de Croy - WinGate Proxy Server - http://www.wingate.com
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