[ic] process.html 404 errors

[Gert van der Spoel]

> >>>> I'm running 5.6.2 and I get a fair number of process.html GET
> requests
> >>>> that 404, but sometimes I get process.html POST requests (along
> with a
> >>>> valid HTTP_REFERER) that hit special_pages/missing.html and 404.
>  Here
> >>>> are a few UAs I've seen do this in the last few days:
> >>>>
> >>>> (Linux; U; Android 1.6; en-us; T-Mobile myTouch 3G Build/DRC79)
> >>>> AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile
> >>>> Safari/525.20.1
> >>>> (Linux; U; Android 1.6; en-us; T-Mobile myTouch 3G Build/DMD64)
> >>>> AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile
> >>>> Safari/525.20.1
> >>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_8; en-us)
> >>>> AppleWebKit/531.21.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4
> >>>> Safari/531.21.10
> >>>>
> >>>> Examining the logs, they were obviously legitimate users.  Their
> >>>> session changes on each page access, but their IP address is
> >>>> consistent.  I can't figure out how this could happen.  Does
> anyone
> >>>> have any ideas?
> >>> Probably don't have cookies enabled and you're not passing the
> session
> >>> ID as part of the posted form.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>
> >> That's the strange part.  I am passing it:
> >>
> >> <form action="[process secure=1]" method="post">
> >> <input type="hidden" name="mv_session_id" value="[data session id]"
> />
> >
> > Disable cookies in your browser and see if you can replicate the
> problem.
> >
> >
> > Peter
> 
> I can not duplicate the problem, even after disabling cookies.  I also
> noticed that the IPs which get a 404 after POSTing also change
> sessions with each GET access.  This problem doesn't pop up very
> often, but I don't understand how it could ever happen.  Could it just
> be a browser malfunction of some type?
> 
> I'm happy to provide any more info.  Just let me know what might be
> helpful.

If your domain has an _ in it, this could explain the issue:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/151965

Else I'd say go out and buy a T-Mobile myTouch 3G  ;)

CU,

Gert