Name

HTTH-817 — Repeated HTTP header which may occur only once

Severity

N (notify)

Message text

Repeating header %s violates RFC 2616

Description

HTTP defines which header line names may be repeated in several headers of a message and which must not. If there are several headers with the same name and the name is allowed only once, either HTTP-814 message is logged and the request fails (if continuation the request further could potentially cause a security problem), or this message is logged and the request continues.

See also

HTTH-814(6), HTTH-891(6), logging(7)

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