[ mailman-Patches-1578756 ] Handle unexpected HTTP method gracefully

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Patches item #1578756, was opened at 2006-10-17 10:45
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Category: Web UI
Group: Mailman 2.1
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Thijs Kinkhorst (kink)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Handle unexpected HTTP method gracefully

Initial Comment:
Hi!

When Mailman is confronted with an unexpected HTTP
method type (e.g. PROPFIND instead of GET/HEAD/POST),
it crashes. The attached patch fixes that more
gracefully by throwing the appropriate HTTP error.

Thanks for considering.
Thijs

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>Comment By: Thijs Kinkhorst (kink)
Date: 2006-10-22 16:34

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Yes, that's true. However, in any case mailman should output
a sensible error, I think?

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Comment By: Richard Barrett (ppsys)
Date: 2006-10-22 09:35

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There is an alternative to fixing cgi scripts  to cope with inappropriate 
WebDAV methods being applied to them, which works regardless of whether 
they are Mailman cgi scripts or not.

Configure Apache not to apply WebDAV methods to inappropriate resources 
by the use of Apache directives such as DAV Off and LimitExcept GET POST. 
See:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_dav.html

and

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#limitexcept

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