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Date: 31 Aug 2001 14:05:32 -0000
From: Tor Jonsson <tor.jonsson@vd.volvo.se>
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To: submit@bugz.apache.org
Subject: URI escaping in the proxy module
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>Number:         8277
>Category:       mod_proxy
>Synopsis:       URI escaping in the proxy module
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug 31 07:10:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     tor.jonsson@vd.volvo.se
>Release:        1.3.20
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Any
>Description:
When setting up the Apache as a reverse proxy against a server the proxy module
escapes the tilde ~ character in the URI. Rfc2396 states that this escaping
is not required. 
Some applications I try to reach through the reverse proxy doesn't unescape the URI properly (Stupid applications running on IIS).
I know this is a bug in the target server to not unescape the URI but since this
workaround complies with the rfc I think it should be implemented.
>How-To-Repeat:
httpd.conf
ServerName myreverseproxy.com
ProxyPass / http://mytarget.com/
ProxyPassReverse / http://mytarget.com/

Original request:
http://myreverseproxy.com/test/~blaha
This will render in:
http://mytarget.com/test/%7Eblaha
>Fix:
Add the tilde character to allowed characters in function ap_proxy_canonenc in proxy_util.c
>Release-Note:
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