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From: Jim Jagielski <jim@devsys.jaguNET.com>
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Subject: Re: Proxying OPTIONS *
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On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 02:30:30PM -0500, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> Jim Jagielski wrote:
> > 
> > Great! That's exactly what I needed to know.
> > So it seems to me that a map_to_storage to check for
> > the special case of '*' whereas present action for
> > all other URIs is the best course of action.
> 
> Provided it's vetted against the vhost (it is) and against <location *>
> then ++1, sounds great!
> 

But, as I read it, the '*' in OPTIONS * does not really
mean a Location *... in other words, it's not a URI per se.
OPTIONS * asks for the capabilities of the server itself,
independent of URI... At least, that's how I read it.
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