Re: NSE Script http-methods.nse

[Bernd Stroessenreuther <berny1 () users sourceforge net>]

Hi again,

David wrote:
> > The uninteresting set {GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, TRACE} just comes from
> > a quick observation of a handful of web servers. I welcome suggestions
> > of methods to be removed from or added to the set.

After analyzing responses of over 7000 webservers, I am sure: The set above is 
exactly the right one.

Here my little statistics
(Number of servers offering the method)

7053 OPTIONS
7047 HEAD
7047 GET
4399 TRACE
3795 POST
555 UNLOCK
555 LOCK
548 PROPFIND
548 COPY
348 DELETE
339 PUT
337 MOVE
335 PROPPATCH
335 PATCH
329 MKCOL
302 CONNECT


Best regards,
   Bernd Stroessenreuther
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