benjamn / benjamn/hijinks

Deal with websites that lie about gzip encoding of response data

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Description

facebook.com did this, last I checked.

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No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the proxy's response handling and reproduce the reported behavior with facebook.com or another site that misreports gzip encoding. Done means the proxy handles incorrectly labeled gzip response data without breaking normal responses.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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