HTTP OPTIONS method blocked on osx (10.9.2)

Question

I have issue with my mac. I can't send a http options request from my browser or using curl cmd. I don't have a clue why. It's not working for all users on my comp. I turned off the firewall and all unnecessary services but problem is still here.

I've recorded videos showing the problem:

What happens when you run that command against a server that actually supports the OPTIONS method? e.g. http://www.webdav.org — jackrabbit, Mar 13 '14 at 19:56
the same => empty response. When I start same server on localhost, it works. — Marek Fajkus, Mar 13 '14 at 20:09
Strange, I do get some output, same OS and everything. I suggest breaking out Wireshark and investigating what actually travels over the wire. — jackrabbit, Mar 13 '14 at 20:16
Just tested with Wireshark log.. It seems there are actualy no requests made when using OPTIONS method. GET/POST etc are logged correctly but I don't have any OPTIONS request in Wireshark log. — Marek Fajkus, Mar 13 '14 at 20:52
Try adding -v to the curl command? That's it for me though, good luck :/ — jackrabbit, Mar 13 '14 at 21:18
I'm testing clean install on mac mini... It work just right on clean so step by step I'm running my configuration. Hope I find out what causes the issue. Thank you a lot for your time!! — Marek Fajkus, Mar 14 '14 at 11:00
Recently I had similar problem when using hotel's WiFi, but on 3G it worked fine. — Łukasz Anwajler, Mar 16 '14 at 09:41

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 04 '14 at 23:37

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Seems to be related to Cisco AnyConnect. Fixed it for my colleague by reinstalling Cisco AnyConnect with limited security.

See: http://www.bennadel.com/blog/2559-cisco-anyconnect-vpn-client-may-block-cors-ajax-options-requests.htm

answered Aug 04 '14 at 23:37

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Ok! this is possible. – Marek Fajkus Aug 05 '14 at 18:41
I lost 2 hours of my life to this. Thanks. – Kyle May 29 '15 at 00:12
I have been bashing my head against this for the past week. Thank you so much for this. – Sinistralis Jan 15 '16 at 22:06

HTTP OPTIONS method blocked on osx (10.9.2)

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