Re: P1: Content-Length SHOULD be sent

Maybe media suffixes SHOULD be allowed on Content-Length: without type.

Content-Length: 1234+ic

Multiplication of values are symmetric to octets with such suffix. That
would require no random order on Content-Type:.

Solved?

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012, Willy Tarreau wrote:

> Hi Adrien,
>
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 12:19:33AM +0000, Adrien W. de Croy wrote:
> > >>Is it really useful to distinguish between no body and body with no
> > >>content?  I can't imagine a use for such a distinction.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >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?
>
> not necessarily, don't forget that we're both reading this with our
> intermediary author hat on, and we're mostly interested in getting
> messaging right. But for application servers, some subtilities may
> very well make a difference. Especially considering what was said in
> 2616 about how to detect presence of a message body and the requirement
> for POST requests to carry a message body.
>
> Willy
>
>
>