+===================================================================
+RCS file: /home/cvspublic/httpd-2.0/server/protocol.c,v
+retrieving revision 1.156
+retrieving revision 1.157
+diff -u -r1.156 -r1.157
+--- httpd-2.0/server/protocol.c 2004/10/25 06:40:08 1.156
++++ httpd-2.0/server/protocol.c 2004/10/25 10:24:17 1.157
+@@ -502,6 +502,16 @@
+
+ r->unparsed_uri = apr_pstrdup(r->pool, uri);
+
++ /* http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31875
++ * http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28450
++ *
++ * This is not in fact a URI, it's a path. That matters in the
++ * case of a leading double-slash. We need to resolve the issue
++ * by normalising that out before treating it as a URI.
++ */
++ while ((uri[0] == '/') && (uri[1] == '/')) {
++ ++uri ;
++ }
+ if (r->method_number == M_CONNECT) {
+ status = apr_uri_parse_hostinfo(r->pool, uri, &r->parsed_uri);
+ }