[Mongrel] BAD CLIENT, Invalid HTTP Format - Firefox, IE, etc..

Steve Spigarelli
Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:02:41 -0000

I''m not sure what''s happening so I''ll try and explain
what I know.


I am getting the error "Thu Aug 17 20:01:57 MDT 2006: BAD CLIENT
(xx.xx.xx.xx): Invalid HTTP format, parsing fails."

I''m running mongrel 0.3.13.4 from gem source, and running on a Macbook
Pro.

I am running rails in development mode and if I switch to running
webrick, all requests come through as normal and return valid
responses.

So, the only problem I have is using a windows machine to access
portions of the site.  So far, I can consistently reproduce the
problem in Firefox 1.0.7.  I also can reproduce this in IE.  One
windows machine is a Parallels VM with a base, Win XP system.  The
other had Zonealarm firewall, but I have disabled that due to the
thread that mentioned Mcafee security center.

So, what are some ideas and is it possible that I am missing something
critical that I have overlooked?

Thanks for any help,


Steve Spigarelli