[users@httpd] Need help in Apache's Request reading processes

[Pravesh Rai]

Hi,

Those who are aware of inner working flow of Apache, may please try to
give some clue on the issue / observation made below:

With reference to the protocol.c, here is a functional flow for
'recieving' HTTP request:

ap_read_request()
{
        ...
        read_request_line();
        ...
        ap_get_mime_headers_core();
        ...
}


read_request_line()
{
        ...
        ap_rgetline_core();
        ...
        ap_parse_uri();
}


ap_get_mime_headers_core()
{
        ...
        // By this time REQUEST header gets corrupted
        ap_rgetline_core();
        ...
}

ap_rgetline_core();
{
        ...
        // Print Request fields
        ...
}

In our case, we are trying to caught Request information in
ap_rgetline_core(). During 1st attempt, all information / fields seems
to be okay:


POST /proxy/ssllogin HTTP/1.1\r\n
Accept: image/gif, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/pjpeg,
application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint,
application/msword, application/x-ms-application,
application/xaml+xml, application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument,
application/x-ms-xbap, application/x-shockwave-flash, */*\r\n
Referer: <referer field>\r\n
Accept-Language: en-us\r\n
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1;
Trident/4.0; GTB6.3; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR
2.0.50727; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR .5.30729)\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
Host: <hostname>\r\n
Content-Length: 73\r\n
Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n
Cookie: 
Compaq-HMMD=0001-9ca7e717-7ce4-fe4c-9f93-90ec0d2388fe-1263375426720000\r\n


But during 2nd attempts onwards, there are some or other problems,
such as 'User-Agent' field in the Request fields printed below:


Accept: image/gif, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/pjpeg,
application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint,
application/msword, application/x-ms-application,
application/xaml+xml, application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument,
application/x-ms-xbap, application/x-shockwave-flash, */*\r\n
Referer: <referer field>\r\n
Accept-Language: en-us\r\n
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Mt/4.0; GTB6.3; .NET CLR
1.0.370t/4.0; GTB6.3; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR
2.0.50727; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)\r\n
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n
Host: <hostname>\r\n
Content-Length: 73\r\n
Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n
Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n
Cookie: 
Compaq-HMMD=0001-9ca7e717-7ce4-fe4c-9f93-90ec0d2388fe-1263375426720000\r\n


What might be the reason behind getting this information / field,
getting corrupted after some reading attempts ?

Thanks,
Pravesh

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