Re: P1: Content-Length SHOULD be sent


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From: "Willy Tarreau" <w@1wt.eu>
>Hi Martin,
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>On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 03:08:01PM -0800, Martin Thomson wrote:
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>>On 4 December 2012 15:05, Zhong Yu <zhong.j.yu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:
>>>>    6.  If this is a request message and none of the above are true, then
>>>>        the message body length is zero (no message body is present).
>>>
>>> I think it should simply state
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>>>     6.  If this is a request message and none of the above are true, then
>>>         the message contains no body.
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>>Is it really useful to distinguish between no body and body with no
>>content?  I can't imagine a use for such a distinction.
>>
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>I think the example with the POST that is rejected without a content-length
>is valid, I have already observed this one, though I don't remember on
>what server.
>
maybe that's a bug in that server?

Adrien

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