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#1 2006-12-10 03:01:25
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Error 404!?!
I was posting in the Help section, when some screen saying that there's error 404 and I do not have access to /forum/post on this server on port 80??? 
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#2 2006-12-10 03:05:20
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Re: Error 404!?!
Here's the source of the page I got:
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <TITLE>403 Forbidden</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY> <H1>Forbidden</H1> You don't have permission to access /forum/post.php on this server.<P> <P>Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. <HR> <ADDRESS>Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.mathsisfun.com Port 80</ADDRESS> </BODY></HTML>
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#3 2006-12-10 07:02:07
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Hmm...that very rarely happens. It occurs when you type lruc (backwards), or in brackets. I have no idea why this happens, it must be some sort of weird database glitch/bug.
#4 2006-12-10 10:26:15
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That revelation is enough to make my toes curl.
OK not really.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#5 2006-12-10 16:42:31
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Hmm... could have been a small hiccup on the server. No on else noticed anything curly happen?
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#6 2006-12-10 19:51:18
#7 2006-12-10 19:54:01
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A similar problem;
http://forums.asmallorange.com/lofiversion/index.php/t3631.html
#8 2006-12-11 00:43:16
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[curl] 
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#9 2006-12-11 01:09:50
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No, do it with spaces, so, instead of it being [lruc], it would be; [ lruc ].
#10 2006-12-11 08:06:00
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My goodness gracious me! It works!
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#11 2006-12-11 10:53:18
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Watch and be amazed as I [ curl ] the laws of the forum to my will. In this case, that will being to prove you wrong. 
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#12 2006-12-11 11:02:29
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That's really weird.
Maybe....
http://us3.php.net/curl
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#13 2006-12-11 12:03:28
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Just "curl_" is enough where _ is a space.
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#14 2006-12-12 07:00:58
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mathsyperson wrote:
Watch and be amazed as I [ curl ] the laws of the forum to my will. In this case, that will being to prove you wrong.
ORLY
[ curl ]
#15 2006-12-12 07:30:35
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Copyface.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#16 2006-12-12 07:47:01
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Actually my screen displayed the text differently. Kinda weird.
#17 2006-12-12 11:23:01
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Good discussion of it here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/20758
So at this stage I think the message is being intercepted by security - curl is a command, and because malicious software *could* use it (even embedded in a message) it simply disallows the whole thing.
It is like the security at the airport - you go "beep" and a guard steps in.
(BTW: I used "curl" here by making sure it had something around it, like quotes or bold)
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