Re: [apps-discuss] Question about RFC 7239

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Sun, 28 August 2016 20:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Question about RFC 7239
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On 2016-08-28 21:50, luigipinca@libero.it wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a question about the "Forwarded" HTTP header field, defined in
> section 4 of RFC 7239.
> The ABNF definition for the header field value is:
>
> Forwarded   = 1#forwarded-element
>
> forwarded-element =
>    [ forwarded-pair ] *( ";" [ forwarded-pair ] )
>
> forwarded-pair = token "=" value
> value          = token / quoted-string
>
> token = <Defined in [RFC7230], Section 3.2.6>
> quoted-string = <Defined in [RFC7230], Section 3.2.6>
>
> If I'm reading this correctly, an empty forwarded-element or one made of
> only ";"  is a valid element.

Nope.

See <https://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc7230.html#abnf.extension>.

 > ...

Best regards, Julian