On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:43 AM, André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > By rejecting HEAD requests, you would be forcing your own server to do more > work, you would cause unnecessary use of bandwidth, and you may even have > the result that some clients will consider that the page is not available, > and return an error to the user. Normally most http clients will asume that a URL is not available when a HEAD request returns with a 403, and will not repeat with a GET. Apache itself treats HEAD as a special case of a GET, and any access controls that apply to GET (eg. in a <limit> block) will immediately also apply to HEAD. Krist -- krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx krist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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