Apache Bug - is this normal or a bug?

[DReade83]

I've set a "ErrorDocument 404" in my htaccess file, which works when I type an incorrect URL.

However if I type "%2F", which is the encoded way of writing a "/", and hit enter, I get the generic Apache error 404 page which complains an error 404 page doesn't exist, when it does..!

Found this when I redirected a page using PHP to an encoded link which didn't exist.

[cPanelDavidG]

I've set a "ErrorDocument 404" in my htaccess file, which works when I type an incorrect URL.

However if I type "%2F", which is the encoded way of writing a "/", and hit enter, I get the generic Apache error 404 page which complains an error 404 page doesn't exist, when it does..!

Found this when I redirected a page using PHP to an encoded link which didn't exist.

Doing a quick Google Search, I found this which may explain this intended behavior of Apache:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_...ics.uci.edu%3E

[DReade83]

Good find. Thanks David.