Commit b5ea5dcc authored by Ken Coar's avatar Ken Coar
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Added a bunch of to-do items from questions received by ApacheWeek, 

	and added a Q&A about the Java JDK 1.0.2 problem with HTTP/1.1
	headers.


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docs/manual/misc/FAQ.html

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<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->

<H1>Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions</H1>

<P>

$Revision: 1.27 $ ($Date: 1997/04/20 15:40:06 $)

$Revision: 1.28 $ ($Date: 1997/04/21 13:43:28 $)

</P>

<P>

If you are reading a text-only version of this FAQ, you may find numbers
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<!--   and double-check that rDNS resolves to name expected	    -->

<!-- - mod_auth & passwd lines "user:pw:.*" - ++1st colon onward is -->

<!--   treated as pw, not just ++1st to --2nd.			    -->

<!-- - SSL:							    -->

<!--   Can I use Apache-SSL for free in Canada?			    -->

<!--   Why doesn't Apache include SSL?				    -->

<!--   Why can I use Apache-SSL in the U.S.?			    -->

<!-- - How can I found out how many visitors my site gets?	    -->

<!-- - How do I add a counter?					    -->

<!-- - How do I configure Apache as a proxy?			    -->

<!-- - What browsers support HTTP/1.1?				    -->

<!-- - What's the point of vhosts-by-name is there aren't any	    -->

<!--   HTTP/1.1 brwsers?					    -->

<!-- - Is there an Apache for W95/WNT?				    -->

<!-- - Why does Apache die when a vhost can't be DNS-resolved?	    -->

<!-- - How do I add browsers ands referrers to my logs?		    -->

<!-- - Why was FastCGI removed from the 1.2 beta versions?	    -->

<UL>

 <LI><STRONG>Background</STRONG>

  <OL START=1>
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   <LI><A HREF="#cookies2">Why don't my cookies work, I even compiled in 

    mod_cookies?</A>

   </LI>

   <LI><A HREF="#jdk102">Why do my Java app[let]s give me plain text

    when I request an URL from an Apache server?</A>

   </LI>

  </OL>

 </LI>

</UL>
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 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="cookies2">

      <STRONG>Why don't my cookies work, I even compiled in mod_cookies?

      </STRONG></A>

      </STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  Firstly, you do <EM>not</EM> need to compile in mod_cookies in order

  for your scripts to work (see the <A HREF="#cookies1">previous question</A>
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  be because your script does not work properly or your browser does

  not use cookies or is not set-up to accept them.

  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="jdk102">

      <STRONG>Why do my Java app[let]s give me plain text when I request

      an URL from an Apache server?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  As of version 1.2, Apache is an HTTP/1.1 (HyperText Transfer Protocol

  version 1.1) server.  This fact is reflected in the protocol version

  that's included in the response headers sent to a client when

  processing a request.  Unfortunately, the Java Development Kit (JDK)

  version 1.0.2 URL methods (URLConnection and friends) expect to see

  the version string &quot;HTTP/1.0&quot; and do not correctly interpret

  the &quot;HTTP/1.1&quot; value Apache is sending.  The result is that

  the JDK methods do not correctly parse the headers, and include them

  with the document content by mistake.

  </P>

  <P>

  This is definitely a bug in the JDK, but it's unclear when (or

  whether) it will be fixed.  In the meantime, a workaround is to tell

  Apache to &quot;fake&quot; an HTTP/1.0 response to requests that come

  from the JDK methods; this can be done by including a line such as the

  following in your server configuration files:

  </P>

  <P>

  <DL>

   <DD><CODE>BrowserMatch HotJava/1.0 force-response-1.0</CODE>

   </DD>

  </DL>

  </P>

 </LI>

</OL>

<HR>