http1connection: Stricter handling of transfer-encoding and whitespace #3387
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Unexpected transfer-encoding values were previously ignored and treated as the HTTP/1.0 default of read-until-close. This can lead to framing issues with certain proxies. We now treat any unexpected value as an error.
The RFC specifies that only tabs and spaces should be stripped. Removing additonal whitespace characters can lead to framing errors with certain proxies.
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Unexpected transfer-encoding values were previously ignored and treated
as the HTTP/1.0 default of read-until-close. This can lead to framing
issues with certain proxies. We now treat any unexpected value as an
error.
The RFC specifies that only tabs and spaces should be stripped.
Removing additonal whitespace characters can lead to framing
errors with certain proxies.