From nobody@hyperreal.com Thu Feb 13 07:19:02 1997 Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.8.4/V2.0) id HAA12372; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 07:19:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199702131519.HAA12372@taz.hyperreal.com> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 07:19:02 -0800 (PST) From: Swa Frantzen Reply-To: Swa.Frantzen@Belgium.EU.net To: apbugs@hyperreal.com Subject: byteserving code "bug" also in MSIE 3.01 ... X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 171 >Category: protocol >Synopsis: byteserving code "bug" also in MSIE 3.01 ... >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: closed >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 13 07:20:01 1997 >Last-Modified: Thu Feb 27 12:34:32 PST 1997 >Originator: Swa.Frantzen@Belgium.EU.net >Organization: >Release: 1.2b6 >Environment: apache 1.2b6 + http://www.apache.org/dist/patches/apply_to_1.2b6/multipart-byte.patch >Description: http://www.apache.org/dist/patches/apply_to_1.2b6/multipart-byte.patch fixes the pdf inclusion for Netscape clients, HOWEVER it does not solve the same problem for Micrsoft's Internet Explorer closely related to PR 125 and PR 154 >How-To-Repeat: MSIE 3.01 + PDF plugin + apache 1.2beta + any pdf file the mentioned patch will solve the netscape problems, not the MSIE problems >Fix: Is probably a client problem, as stated in the mentioned patch, general deployment of 1.2 should need a patch either in MSIE or in apache for MSIE also >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-analyzed State-Changed-By: marc State-Changed-When: Fri Feb 14 20:39:35 PST 1997 State-Changed-Why: We are aware of the problem and discussing a fix. The problem is that MSIE formulates its requests so that only the user-agent can be used to figure out how to respond, and that is is an ugly thing to do. I don't think this is settled yet, but it should be settled one way or another before the next beta. Category-Changed-From-To: general-protocol Category-Changed-By: marc Category-Changed-When: Fri Feb 14 20:39:35 PST 1997 State-Changed-From-To: analyzed-feedback State-Changed-By: marc State-Changed-When: Sun Feb 23 20:42:38 PST 1997 State-Changed-Why: Should be fixed in 1.2b7. Please give it a try and let me know. State-Changed-From-To: feedback-closed State-Changed-By: marc State-Changed-When: Thu Feb 27 12:34:31 PST 1997 State-Changed-Why: User reports problem fixed. >Unformatted: