The following reply was made to PR general/4033; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John-Mark Gurney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Apache bug database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: general/4033: HTTP/0.9 requests yield invalid response Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:23:24 -0500 John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > oh well, you can close it, but it doesn't matter, the spec says that > a difference of major version numbers isn't transport compatible, and > apache is assuming that major version 0 of http is transport compatible > with major version 1... it doesn't matter that it's a malformed HTTP/0.9 > request, apache shouldn't return an HTTP/1.x response as it either should > return a simple request or return an invalid request... You're missing the point, I think. It *isn't* a 'malformed HTTP/0.9 request,' because HTTP/0.9 requests *never* have a version number. If anything, it's a malformed HTTP/1.0 request by virtue of having included the version number at all, and the malformation is an unrecognised version string. In which case an HTTP/1.0 response is perfectly valid. If a request doesn't include a version identifier, it's HTTP/0.9 by definition. If it does, it *has* to be something other than HTTP/0.9. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/> Apache Group member <http://www.apache.org/> "Apache Server for Dummies" <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/ASFD/>
