For completeness, here is a log to show that Rhythmbox does indeed make a HEAD request:
HEAD /ueberklang/ueber220608.mp3 HTTP/1.1 Host: listening.at:8000 User-Agent: gnome-vfs/2.22.0 neon/0.25.4 Keep-Alive: Connection: TE, Keep-Alive TE: trailers
HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request Content-Type: text/html
<b>unknown request</b>
For completeness, here is a log to show that Rhythmbox does indeed make a HEAD
request:
HEAD /ueberklang/ ueber220608. mp3 HTTP/1.1
Host: listening.at:8000
User-Agent: gnome-vfs/2.22.0 neon/0.25.4
Keep-Alive:
Connection: TE, Keep-Alive
TE: trailers
HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: text/html
<b>unknown request</b>