I don't know if I'm going nuts, but I'm limited by what I can post without getting redirected to the idiotstudios 404 message from clicking Post or Preview. For instance, if I try to post a message containing the normally-spaced phrase "Lynx_port_of", I get redirected to the 404 every single time without fail. :undecided:
I mean, I know Atari didn't exactly back a winning horse, but there's no reason for the forums to exhibit such blatant GameGear favouritism.
It appears that "lynx " results in a 404 :huh2: :huh2:
(the space after "lynx" is in italics)
lynx
EDIT: OK, just posted it! Maybe a passing error? Let me try again. lynx. EDIT2: Yep, there we go. God knows what happened.
Lynx.
EDIT: ZOMGWTF I JUST FOUND SOMETHING. Yeah, if you put in "Lynx_port_of" it 404's. I don't know why; the forum censored word list is blank so it might be something out of my control. I'll talk to the host about it.
I know, that's the weirdest part! All 3 words have to be in there. There's definitely more combinations than that, as I remember posting once before and smacking into the same problem (only getting around it by using cut-and-paste to determine what words it didn't like, aka. the bisection method)
Quote from: covox on October 07, 2006, 07:47:41 AMI know, that's the weirdest part! All 3 words have to be in there.
Uh... no they don't. Did you see my post? The normally spaced string "lynx
" causes a 404.
An easteregg from the board programmers? :huh2: -Lynx_port_of- (This is awesome xD)
Ksoft, you propably scan the sourcecode for the phrase "lynx".
I wonder how the programmers could force a 404, though.
It may be something set up by the server. Maybe someone under the name of l-y-n-x is banned from my host and that is having to do with keeping them out?
Wtf, now I can't even write the word.
Now I wonder if anyone can even see my posts in this thread. :huh2: Can anyone read this?
Yeah you're right, "lynx_" does the same thing. I missed the space before when I tried it separately.
Check this:
http://www.ksoftgames.idiotstudios.net/?lynx_port
vs
http://www.ksoftgames.idiotstudios.net/?lynx%20port
Quote from: tseug on October 07, 2006, 11:17:46 PM
Now I wonder if anyone can even see my posts in this thread. :huh2: Can anyone read this?
Yes.
Quote from: Mindless on October 08, 2006, 02:51:03 AM
Check this:
http://www.ksoftgames.idiotstudios.net/?lynx_port
vs
http://www.ksoftgames.idiotstudios.net/?lynx%20port
lol for http://www.ksoftgames.idiotstudios.net/?lynx[/i]
%20port̀† :huh2:
weird though...
this s**t is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
(OH BTW I GRACIOUSLY PROVIDE HOSTING TO ALL YOU GUYS, YEAH I'M AWESOME)
Seriously, out of egotistical jerk mode, I have no clue what strange error is attacking these boards. It doesn't seem to happen elsewhere, although i'll check to be sure.
CURSE YOU LY|\|X, CUUUUURRSSEEE YYYOOOOUUUUUU
Quote from: Zachary Hinchliffe on October 14, 2006, 03:01:36 AM
this s**t is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
(OH BTW I GRACIOUSLY PROVIDE HOSTING TO ALL YOU GUYS, YEAH I'M AWESOME)
Seriously, out of egotistical jerk mode, I have no clue what strange error is attacking these boards. It doesn't seem to happen elsewhere, although i'll check to be sure.
CURSE YOU LY|\|X, CUUUUURRSSEEE YYYOOOOUUUUUU
....what the heck!? >_>;
That is our host.
Anyway, I just tested this at my other forum. Same thing happens. Dunno if it's to do with Idiot Studios/Porplemontage, or if it's an SMF bug.
lynx port of
EDIT: SOLVED!!!!!!!!111111!!!!11one
Apparently this has to do with the hosting running mod_security on Apache. It filters certain things out, and I guess Lynx is something.
Anyway, what I did was make an .htaccess file that disables mod_security for my hosting account. I hope that's OK.
NOW IT WORKS. PARTYTIME!
Huzzah!
Quote from: Mr. Ksoft on October 14, 2006, 10:12:31 PM
lynx port of
EDIT: SOLVED!!!!!!!!111111!!!!11one
Apparently this has to do with the hosting running mod_security on Apache.̀† It filters certain things out, and I guess Lynx is something.
Good job. :thumbsup:
Incidentally, Lynx is just not the name of a failed handheld console, as some people here seems to be thinking. It is also the name for a text-only web browser that used to be popular in Unix in the ancient days of the WWW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29
Still not sure how that is relevant to security though. :undecided: Other meanings for "Lynx" listed in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28disambiguation%29
Quote from: ccexplore on October 15, 2006, 10:59:30 PMIncidentally, Lynx is just not the name of a failed handheld console, as some people here seems to be thinking. It is also the name for a text-only web browser that used to be popular in Unix in the ancient days of the WWW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29
I still use lynx on a regular basis through SSH, as the alternative is paying the university their exorbitant internet tax (which would involve waiting untold hours in a line). Works great as long as you don't want images. Or Javascript. :tongue:
Quote from: covox on October 16, 2006, 01:59:41 AM
I still use lynx on a regular basis through SSH, as the alternative is paying the university their exorbitant internet tax (which would involve waiting untold hours in a line). Works great as long as you don't want images. Or Javascript. :tongue:
You can use SSH but not browse the web?
In Western Australia there's this peering service called WAIX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAIX), which (in a nutshell) connects almost every single machine located in Perth. Normally the university forces you to use a metered proxy for outside websites, but allows free unproxied WAIX traffic. Which is brilliant as my lovely server I have a shell account on (http://www.ld.net.au) is available.