The following reply was made to PR general/4033; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John-Mark Gurney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: general/4033: HTTP/0.9 requests yield invalid response Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:43:23 -0800 (PST) On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > Synopsis: HTTP/0.9 requests yield invalid response > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback > > State-Changed-By: marc > > State-Changed-When: Wed Mar 10 15:21:51 PST 1999 > > State-Changed-Why: > > Erm... a HTTP/0.9 request, by definition, doesn't have > > a version number in the request but is just in the form > > "GET /foo". Do you have some reason for thinking that > > specifying it should work? > > yes, the rfc specificly states this (section 6.1): > A Simple-Response should only be sent in response to an HTTP/0.9 > Simple-Request or if the server only supports the more limited > HTTP/0.9 protocol. > > also, earlier it is stated that you can't upgrade the major version > of a http request only the minor, meaning you should AT LEAST return > an error and not service the request... Except that a HTTP/0.9 request, by definition, is NOT a request that says "GET /foo HTTP/0.9". It is arguable that perhaps you should special case things to allow the invalid "GET /adf HTTP/0.9" request, but... that is NOT a HTTP/0.9 request.
