one-to-many messaging
PeteM
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:23:41 +0100
Matthew Pemble wrote on 2-04-08 09:15:
>
> However the RFC text makes it clear that a 404 is a technically
> legitimate (I'll leave the lawyering to somebody else) response:
>
>
> 10.4.4 403 Forbidden
>
> The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
> Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated.
>
> If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make
> public why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the
> reason for the refusal in the entity. If the server does not wish to
> make this information available to the client, the status code 404
> (Not Found) can be used instead.
But it's not the server that is supplying the fake 404. It's a third
party machine between the server and the requesting client.
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Pete Mitchell