Re: [squid-users] Content-Length header handling

ons 2009-07-15 klockan 21:10 +0100 skrev Markus Moeller:
> Is it allowed to use a content length with a CONNECT method to a proxy ?

Good question. Specifications mention nothing about it.

> If so how must the proxy reply ? Acknowledge the connect request immediately
> and then receive the data or wait for he data before acknowledging the
> connect request ?

Unspecified.

My say is that using Content-Length in CONNECT is a BAD idea. Depending
on the implementation one of the following four things MAY happen:

1. Handled the same as if no Content-Length was sent.

2. Content-Length amount of octets discarded by the proxy.

3. Content-Length amount of octets enforced by the proxy, stopping
forwarding of client->server data after that.

4. Ugly crashes and/or blue smoke

Regards
Henrik
Received on Thu Jul 16 2009 - 07:06:09 MDT