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Q260357: HEAD Request Returns Both Header and Body

Article: Q260357
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWin2000SP2Fix
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you map an extension to Ssinc.dll to use server-side include files, if you
send a HEAD request for such a mapped file to the Web server, the request
returns both header and body rather than just the header.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs because Ssinc.dll does not recognize the HEAD request.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, add the HEAD request type to the "exclusion" list
in the Application mapping properties of the Web site. The problem no longer
occurs because the Web server (not Ssinc.dll) handles the verb checking.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

  Date       Time    Version        Size    File name  Platform
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  5/17/2000  8:34am  5.0.2195.2096  41,232  Ssinc.dll  x86


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server 5.0.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbWin2000SP2Fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : :5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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