IE supplies a length parameter to the If-Modified-Since header, causing
perlbal to incorrectly return the full content.  Like so:

If-Modified-Since: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:03:59 GMT; length=1406

Perlbal compares the header value directly against a date string and
great waves of excessive transfer ensue.

asf.

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Whoa, crazy.  I didn't know you could do that?

Do you want me to fix it, or did you already?


On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Adam Fritzler wrote:

> IE supplies a length parameter to the If-Modified-Since header, causing
> perlbal to incorrectly return the full content.  Like so:
>
>   If-Modified-Since: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:03:59 GMT; length=1406
>
> Perlbal compares the header value directly against a date string and
> great waves of excessive transfer ensue.
>
> asf.
>
>

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On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 11:59:35PM +0000, Brad Fitzpatrick wrote:

> Whoa, crazy.  I didn't know you could do that?

I don't think you can.  In fact, HTTP 1.1 specifies no parameters in
that header.  But they do it anyway.

> Do you want me to fix it, or did you already?

My quick fix was to s/// the ; and everything after it.  You can
probably make that change faster than I can make a patch.

Might want to actually check the size, but I'm not sure it's worth the
effort.

asf.

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