[edit] msie_padding

Syntax: msie_padding on | off
Default: on
Context: http
server
location
Reference: msie_padding


This directive enables or disables the msie_padding feature for MSIE browsers, and Chrome (as of nginx 0.8.25+). When this is enabled, nginx will pad the size of the response body to a minimum of 512 bytes for responses with a status code above or equal to 400.

The padding prevents the activation of "friendly" HTTP error pages in MSIE and Chrome, so as to not hide/mask the more-informative error pages from the server.


Module: HttpCoreModule