Is wordpress.com servers sending incorrect headers?

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We are currently having big problems with all wordpress.com servers returning invalid data. This is probably related to the servers returning incorrect HTTP-headers.

This error is easy to reproduce by using the following VB/ASP code:

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Set http = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0")
http.Open "GET", "http://www.wordpress.com", False
http.Send

The error message will be:

msxml6.dll error ‘80072f78’:
The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response

Any insights?

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  2. I had the same issue.
    I solved it by doing the following:

    Set xml2 = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.4.0")
    xml2.Open "POST", "http://wordpress.com/feed/", False
    xml2.setRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1)"
    xml2.setOption 2, 13056
    xml2.Send

    After setting the User-Agent header I got a “The certificate authority is invalid or incorrect” error which was resolved with the SetOption command.