Subject: Re: HTTP/1.1 Test Suite?...
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Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 19:44:58 +0000 (GMT)
From: Ben Laurie <ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>
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 at Dec 25, 96 01:09:36 pm
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Andrew Wilson wrote:
> 
> Does such a thing as an HTTP/1.1 test suite exist?  Something that
> client code (including java...) writers can test their misshapen
> creations against?
> 
> Or do they try and see if their gear can work with Apache ?

Yep! And when it doesn't, we are all supposed to go back and check the spec.

For HTTP/1.1 to become a standard, as I understand it, there have to be at
least two reference implementations. Apache is one of them (for the server
end).

Cheers,

Ben.

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