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Marc Andreessen ([email protected])
Sat, 23 Oct 93 02:31:34 -0700


OK, when I do this:

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(marca@void 195) telnet www.ncsa.uiuc.edu 80
Trying 141.142.4.5 ...
Connected to rs5.ncsa.uiuc.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /bullshit.html HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found

<HEAD><TITLE>404 Not Found</TITLE></HEAD>
<H1>404 Not Found</H1><BODY>
The requested URL /bullshit.html was not found on this server.<P>
</BODY>
Connection closed by foreign host.
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When I do this:

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(marca@void 193) telnet www.bsdi.com 80
Trying 153.39.128.11 ...
Connected to BSDI.COM.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /bullshit.html HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
Date: Saturday, 23-Oct-93 07:25:48 GMT
Server: plexus/3.0j
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/html

<HEAD><TITLE>Server Error: 404 Not Found</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY><H1>Server Error: 404 Not Found</H1>
document ``bullshit.html'' does not exist <P>
If you feel this is a server problem and wish to report it, please
include the error code, the requested URL, which and what version
browser you are using, and any other facts that might be relevant to: <P>
<ADDRESS>[email protected]</ADDRESS>
</BODY>
Connection closed by foreign host.
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When I do this:

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(marca@void 196) telnet info.cern.ch 80
Trying 128.141.201.74 ...
Connected to nxoc01.cern.ch.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /bullshit.html HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 500 Access forbidden by rule
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/HTML

<BODY><H1>Error 500</H1>

Access forbidden by rule</BODY>
Connection closed by foreign host.
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SO FAR SO GOOD!

Now...

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(marca@void 199) telnet guarani.cos.ufrj.br 8000
Trying 146.164.34.14 ...
Connected to guarani.cos.ufrj.br.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /bullshit.html HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
<HEAD><TITLE>404 Not Found</TITLE></HEAD>
<H1>404 Not Found</H1><BODY>
The requested URL /bullshit.html was not found on this server.<P>
</BODY>
Connection closed by foreign host.
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There's no blank line between the response code (aka MIME header block
area of the response) and the HTML, as should be required, right?

(I don't know what server they're using in Rio, but is it safe to say
it's borken?)

Marc