- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:22:20 -0400
- To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Cc: ietf-xml-mime@imc.org, WWW-Tag <www-tag@w3.org>
I have filed a bug with Apache bugzilla, asking that the AddDefaultCharset setting in the httpd.conf file when shipped be removed/commented out, and the comment fixed, at http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23421. I have commented on a related bug that I found, at http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14513. I'm copying this list because what we have discussed here is related. In particular, the comment in httpd.conf file seems to say some quite strange things: >>>>>>>> # # Specify a default charset for all pages sent out. This is # always a good idea and opens the door for future internationalisation # of your web site, should you ever want it. Specifying it as # a default does little harm; as the standard dictates that a page # is in iso-8859-1 (latin1) unless specified otherwise i.e. you # are merely stating the obvious. There are also some security # reasons in browsers, related to javascript and URL parsing # which encourage you to always set a default char set. # AddDefaultCharset ISO-8859-1 >>>>>>> Regards, Martin.
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