Re: Surely not?

"JoeH" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:txi4657naj5b.ejojavex6mbz.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:35:46 GMT, pmj wrote:
>> JoeH Posted...
>>>
>>> I have the laptop connected to the net via my home network and
>>> whatever URL I type in to IE I get a HTTP 403 (Forbidden) error,
>>> "You are not authorized to view this page".
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Hmmm...
>> Very interesting!!!
>> :-)
<snip>
>>It definitely needs some investigation!
>> :-)
>>
>> Does this happen on *all* URLs?
>> Or only on some?
>>
>> & What about if you use an IP Address (rather than a Hostname)
>> in the URL?
>>
>> For instance, can you try these 2 URLs?
>> & Post back with what you see in the Browser...
>>
>> http://p-m-j.net/
>> http://80.193.14.228/
>>
>> & Can you do a Ping & Tracert to any of the Sites that give you
>> a "403 Forbidden" Error?
>
> That also gives the same error (403) but pinging it was successful

Did you get the same "403 Forbidden" thing show up when using the URL
with the HostName in it as well?

The HostName actually resolves to that same IP Address & thus Connects
to the same Web Server.

> I've filed the rest of the post as I have to give up for tonight
> (the wife's back in LOL). Thanks for the pointers - I'll report back
> with any findings.

OK...

Well, between 21:35 (when I Posted that Message) & 21:48 (when you
Replied to it, having, I presume tried to Connect to those URLs?),
I only had 2 Connections (not counting the one from Val just after<g>)
made to that Web Server, running on Port 80 (HTTP) - & they were both
from the IP Address: 82.153.221.148, which is in the Block Allocated
to Eclipse Networking (Eclipse Internet)

<quote from the Server Log>
11/24/2005 21:48:44.750: 8714204 - Connection accepted from
82.153.221.148
11/24/2005 21:48:44.765: 8714204 - Sent file
'<snip Local Path>\index.htm' (9)
11/24/2005 21:48:44.765: 8714204 - Closing socket (Alive for 16MS)
11/24/2005 21:48:45.109: 8714204 - Connection accepted from
82.153.221.148
11/24/2005 21:48:45.203: 8714204 - Unable to find file
'<snip Local Path>\favicon.ico'
</quote>

&...

<quote from the HTTP Log>
#Fields: date time c-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query sc-status
sc-bytes cs(User-Agent) cs(Referer)
2005-11-24 21:48:44 82.153.221.148 GET / - 200
0 Mozilla/5.0+(Windows;+U;+Windows+NT+5.1;+en-GB;+rv:1.7.12)
+Gecko/20050919+Firefox/1.0.7 -
2005-11-24 21:48:45 82.153.221.148 GET /favicon.ico - 404
0 Mozilla/5.0+(Windows;+U;+Windows+NT+5.1;+en-GB;+rv:1.7.12)
+Gecko/20050919+Firefox/1.0.7 -
</quote>

So, whatever it was that Connected, asked for (using the normal HTTP
GET Request) the Index Page, which was Found & Served up OK, with
a "200 Found" HTTP response Header (though I dunno why the Log says
"0" in the "sc-bytes" Field! - it says that for all things though,
for some reason, at the mo.)

The Remote thing (Client) then Requested, again using the normal
HTTP GET Request) the "favicon.ico" File, identifying itself as
Firefox/1.0.7, Running on windoze NT 5.1 (WinXP?) Obviously that
"User-Agent: " String that the Browser sends can be fudged to say
whatever you want, but there's no reason to suppose that isn't the
actual Browser & Operating System.
& Firefox seems to always ask for a "favicon.ico" File, even if the
Page hasn't been put into the Favorites - I think that's an Option that
can be Turned off in Firefox though?

There isn't a "favicon.ico" File, so that wasn't Found - all that
was Sent was a standard "404 Not Found" HTTP Response Header.

BTW - the Firewall Logs also show the same HTTP (Port 80) Connection,
from that same IP Address.

Unfortunately (in this case) I don't bother to Log every Incoming Ping
(&/or Tracert) ICMP Request! - So I can't confirm that a Reply was Sent,
to any Ping or Tracert, but it should have been.

So...

If that was you (& I assume it was? Though not from your Plusnet
connection? - If it wasn't you, it was just someone else who happened
to ask for the Index Page) then the Browser was Sent what it asked for
OK & *should* have Displayed it OK.

If it didn't, then we need to dig a bit deeper (your end), to find
out why.

HTH

--
pmj


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