From: Paul Melson (pmelson@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 11 2006 - 15:59:02 EDT
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Subject: HEAD request
> When I issue HEAD request using nc I don't get any response from the
webserver and I get disconnected
> after some time.
> What should i conclude from that?Does it mean that the administrator has
blocked HEAD requests?
Probably not. If the HEAD method is disabled in the web server, it would
normally issue a 405 error. It sounds more like an in-line proxy control.
The silent drop without error sounds like maybe a Symantec firewall. Hard
to say without more detail, though. It's not likely (since HEAD is a pretty
simple request type), but you can't rule out the possibility of a
configuration/code error on the web server itself.
PaulM
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