Changeset 1214 for draft-ietf-httpbis

Timestamp:

Mar 27, 2011, 1:10:54 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

Adjust handling of duplicate content-length to allow recipient
to reject the message. Addresses #95

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml (modified) (1 diff)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

@@ -1371 +1371 @@
    "Content-Length: 42, 42"), indicating that duplicate Content-Length
    header fields have been generated or combined by an upstream message
-   processor, then the recipient &MUST; replace the duplicated fields or
-   field-values with a single valid Content-Length field containing that
-   decimal value prior to determining the message-body length.
+   processor, then the recipient &MUST; either reject the message as invalid
+   or replace the duplicated field-values with a single valid Content-Length
+   field containing that decimal value prior to determining the message-body
+   length.
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