[patch] reject http header without colon (:) in the header name

Roman Arutyunyan arut at nginx.com
Mon May 13 07:18:18 UTC 2024


Hi,

On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 05:58:34PM -0400, Ben Kallus wrote:
> Nginx is the only widely-used HTTP server that ignores invalid
> field-lines. This behavior makes it trivial to fingerprint.

A simple test shows that google server gws does the same.

> I never reported this in the past because I assumed Maxim wouldn't
> care about that sort of thing. Now that he's out of the picture, maybe
> others will see things differently?
> 
> -Ben
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