I believe this is really a problem of the HTTP client protocol level. in HTTP/1.1 we get a failure, and HTTP/1.0 or HTTPS (1.1 or 1.0) success, for example:
===================================================================== HTTP/1.1 ======= ~$ curl -v http://www.math.technion.ac.il/test_mod_auto_index/256/ * About to connect() to www.math.technion.ac.il port 80 (#0) * Trying 132.68.115.2... connected * Connected to www.math.technion.ac.il (132.68.115.2) port 80 (#0) > GET /test_mod_auto_index/256/ HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.16.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8d zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.5.6 > Host: www.math.technion.ac.il > Accept: */* > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:17:23 GMT < Server: Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8d PHP/4.4.4 < Transfer-Encoding: chunked < Content-Type: text/html * Connection #0 to host www.math.technion.ac.il left intact * Closing connection #0 ========================================================================= HTTP/1.0 ======= ~$ curl -v -0 http://www.math.technion.ac.il/test_mod_auto_index/256/ * About to connect() to www.math.technion.ac.il port 80 (#0) * Trying 132.68.115.2... connected * Connected to www.math.technion.ac.il (132.68.115.2) port 80 (#0) > GET /test_mod_auto_index/256/ HTTP/1.0 > User-Agent: curl/7.16.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8d zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.5.6 > Host: www.math.technion.ac.il > Accept: */* > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:17:33 GMT < Server: Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8d PHP/4.4.4 < Connection: close < Content-Type: text/html XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <pre><img src="/icons/blank.gif" alt="Icon " width="20" height="22"> <a href="?C=N;O=D">Name</a> <a href="?C=M;O=A">Last modified</a> <a href="?C=S;O=A">Size</a> <a href="?C=D;O=A">Description</a><hr><img src="/icons/back.gif" alt="[DIR]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="/test_mod_auto_index/">Parent Directory</a> - <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="1">1</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:11 0 <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="2">2</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:11 0 <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="3">3</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:11 0 <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="KUKU">KUKU</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:20 256 <hr></pre> <address>Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8d PHP/4.4.4 Server at <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">www.math.technion.ac.il</a> Port 80</address> </body></html> * Closing connection #0 HTTPS ===== ~$ curl -v https://www.math.technion.ac.il/test_mod_auto_index/256/ * About to connect() to www.math.technion.ac.il port 443 (#0) * Trying 132.68.115.2... connected * Connected to www.math.technion.ac.il (132.68.115.2) port 443 (#0) * successfully set certificate verify locations: * CAfile: /usr/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt CApath: /opt/openssl/certs * SSLv2, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Request CERT (13): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server finished (14): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSL connection using DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA * Server certificate: * subject: /CN=www.math.technion.ac.il * start date: 2006-10-20 23:39:43 GMT * expire date: 2007-04-18 23:39:43 GMT * subjectAltName: www.math.technion.ac.il matched * issuer: /O=Root CA/OU=http://www.cacert.org/CN=CA Cert Signing Authority/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * SSL certificate verify ok. > GET /test_mod_auto_index/256/ HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.16.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8d zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.5.6 > Host: www.math.technion.ac.il > Accept: */* > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:23:56 GMT < Server: Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8d PHP/4.4.4 < Transfer-Encoding: chunked < Content-Type: text/html XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <pre><img src="/icons/blank.gif" alt="Icon " width="20" height="22"> <a href="?C=N;O=D">Name</a> <a href="?C=M;O=A">Last modified</a> <a href="?C=S;O=A">Size</a> <a href="?C=D;O=A">Description</a><hr><img src="/icons/back.gif" alt="[DIR]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="/test_mod_auto_index/">Parent Directory</a> - <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="1">1</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:11 0 <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="2">2</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:11 0 <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="3">3</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:11 0 <img src="/icons/text.gif" alt="[TXT]" width="20" height="22"> <a href="KUKU">KUKU</a> 14-Jan-2007 14:20 256 <hr></pre> <address>Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8d PHP/4.4.4 Server at <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">www.math.technion.ac.il</a> Port 443</address> </body></html> * Connection #0 to host www.math.technion.ac.il left intact * Closing connection #0 * SSLv3, TLS alert, Client hello (1): Derek Cooper wrote, On 18/01/07 02:04: > The problem that in an autogenerated directory index, if the > >> 'HeaderName' file is 256 bytes or more, and it has mime type text/html, >> Apache returns an empty page. You can look at >> http://www.math.technion.ac.il/test_mod_auto_index/ for a >> demonstration. The same test on a RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 succeeds. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Zvi. >> > > > I have experienced the same problem with Apache 2.2.0 on Solaris 2.8. Would > not > have found a solution if not for this report. I have found that while I get a > blank index returned in MS IE 6 on Win2k, Netscape 7.1 in Win2k and Firefox > 1.5 > on Solaris 8, if I telnet into the server and GET a directory, the properly > formatted index is returned. I can also get a properly formatted index by > connecting with Netscape 4.76 on Solaris or Win2k. I worked around the > problem > using SSI with an shtml file containing only an include for a file containing > the original content of my HeaderName file and another for my ReadmeName > file. > The problem is exhibited with a ReadmeName file over 255 bytes as well. > Derek > derekcooper30[at]hotmail_dot_com > > > > -- Dr. Zvi Har'El mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Mathematics tel:+972-54-4227607 icq:179294841 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology fax:+972-4-8293388 http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/ Haifa 32000, ISRAEL "If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all." -- Thumper (1942)
