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Frank_30530
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Feb 09, 2018

HTTP::path -normalized (TMOS 13) issue?

According to the Wiki, HTTP::path -normalized should do: the normalization involves lower-casing, removing unnecessary directory traversals, convert from microsoft style %uxxxx form to the stan...
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Frank_30530
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Feb 28, 2018

I got confirmation by F5 support that lower-casing is not intended (and not performed) and the Wiki documentation (HTTP::path -normalize) is in error.

 

I also got a bug-id concerning the order of "directory traversal normalization" and "%-normalization.":

 

bug ID708068 (HTTP: normalize directory traversal after percent-encoding)

 

I have requested to add this to the known issues section of the Wiki (HTTP::path).

 

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    JG
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    Mar 01, 2018

    Thanks for reporting back.