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[ANN] More client torture tests

solderpunk solderpunk at SDF.ORG

Wed Mar 4 09:54:16 GMT 2020

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On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 01:26:48AM -0500, Sean Conner wrote:
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>   Client testing time!  More tests!  This time, checking the status codes.
> It's an open question as to what a client should do with an invalid succss
> code and an invalid redirection status.  The rest of the results I think
> should be fine.

Hmm.  An invalid success code, like a 20 followed by something thatisn't a valid MIME type?  Did the spec say that the MIME type after a 2xis optional and if unspecified defaults to text/gemini?  (checks) No, itdoesn't.  So a naked 20 is also invalid.

And I guess an invalid redirect is one without a valid URL.

It seems to me like all a client ought to do in such a scenario is toinform its user that it received an invalid response in a gracefulmanner, rather than crash?

Cheers,Solderpunk