Microsoft KB Archive/941293

= Error message when you access a Web site through ISA Server 2006: &quot;HTTP 400 - Bad Request&quot; =

Article ID: 941293

Article Last Modified on 9/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Enterprise Edition

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista



SYMPTOMS
When you access a Web site through Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, you receive the following error message:

HTTP 400 - Bad Request

This problem may occur when you access a Web site that is published in ISA Server 2006. This problem may also occur when you access a Web site through an HTTP access rule that is defined in ISA Server 2006.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because ISA Server 2006 drops HTTP responses and HTTP requests if their HTTP headers contain continuation lines.



RESOLUTION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:  Apply hotfix 941297. For more information about this hotfix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

941297 Description of the ISA Server 2006 hotfix package: August 15, 2007

 Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

 On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. Type APPEND_CONTINUATION_LINES, and then press ENTER. On the Edit menu, click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> Exit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

After you follow these steps, the first continuation line is appended to the main header line. The remaining continuation lines are dropped.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbprb KB941293

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