[ic] process.html 404 errors

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Mon Mar 8 19:49:07 UTC 2010


>> >>>> 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

My domain doesn't have any non-alphabetic characters.  It actually
just happened again with the following UA:

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

Can anyone test an IC site on a Mac with Safari and cookies disabled?
Or even a Windows machine?

- Grant



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