feRedirect.do download
Hello,
I start by saying that I'm not an Apache expert, so I'll do my best for describe the strange (IMHO) thing happen.
Before all, here's the result of a telnet to the problematic site served by an Apache (IP & address are fantasy names):
Regarding the feRedirect.do 'file' it is indeed not supposed to have any contents it only provides http headers to tell the browser to redirect to a different location using the below header:
Location: /problematicsite.com/libwe
Theoretically it's all perfect but....in some (apparently random) client PCs I can't use the http://www.problematicsite.com url because these machines permits only the download of the zero-byte "feRedirect.do" file without a correct redirection!!
I've made some tests with the web admins and we're sure that the cause of this is NOT on the PCs clients but in the Apache server.
Sadly the web admins doesn't understand the cause...any clue?
Thanks,
Fabiano
I start by saying that I'm not an Apache expert, so I'll do my best for describe the strange (IMHO) thing happen.
Before all, here's the result of a telnet to the problematic site served by an Apache (IP & address are fantasy names):
telnet www.problematicsite.com 80
Trying 11.118.251.179...
Connected to www.problematicsite.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.0
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=30A1322E0051FE076012575109C79528; Path=/; HttpOnly
Location: http://localhost:1701/problematicsite_library/libweb/action/feRedirect.do
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 0
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 06:46:36 GMT
Connection: close
Set-Cookie: sto-id-%3FSaaS-A_prod%3FPMTEU02.prod.problematicsite.1701-sg=FGHIBAAK; Expires=Thu, 31-May-2029 06:46:37 GMT; Path=/
Connection closed by foreign host.Regarding the feRedirect.do 'file' it is indeed not supposed to have any contents it only provides http headers to tell the browser to redirect to a different location using the below header:
Location: /problematicsite.com/libwe
Theoretically it's all perfect but....in some (apparently random) client PCs I can't use the http://www.problematicsite.com url because these machines permits only the download of the zero-byte "feRedirect.do" file without a correct redirection!!
I've made some tests with the web admins and we're sure that the cause of this is NOT on the PCs clients but in the Apache server.
Sadly the web admins doesn't understand the cause...any clue?
Thanks,
Fabiano
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You're welcome!
I always pull curl from my toolbelt first, when testing sites.
Good luck!
I always pull curl from my toolbelt first, when testing sites.
Good luck!
ASKER
Thanks a lot for the suggestion
Sadly now the factory made a rollback to the old (functioning) site so I can't compare the output of this one to the output of the problematic one.
But I've suggested your idea to the webmaster and I'll let you know if it will resolve the thing
For now, Great Thanks!!
Fabiano