[Mongrel] Mongrel and http 1.1 OPTIONS keyword

[Yves D'Astous]

Hello.

I just seen some errors in my mongrel application log:

It seems related to the httpd OPTIONS keyword

Example:
Processing LoginController#login (for .30.5.208 at 2007-12-10 09:00:23) 
[OPTIONS]
and our ruby application does not know what to do with it. and finally 
send an error

Does mongrel (which is the http server) is supposed to deal with these 
kind of request ?
I think these request are coming from a MS Front Page application, what 
other are doing when these requests happen ?

Yves D'Astous