Re: NetReg: Serious DNS/redirect problems...

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From: Peter Valian (valianp@southwestern.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 19 2003 - 13:16:18 CDT

you could use mod_rewrite instead of catching 404. rewrite anything to
just "/" ...should be fairly simple to change.

that way its not a real 404, just a rewrite.

Bradley Kramer wrote:
> I wish I could think of an error, but that would involve apache not throwing the 404 before redirecting you to the error document / page. when MSIE gets the 404 message, it stops listening to apache and says its own 404 message that we have all seen... that is the problem... try and open up www.anything.com/whatever.html in a netscape or non-msie browser and you will find that it works...
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>>>>dax@resnet.ucsb.edu 09/19/03 10:28AM >>>
>
>
> Hmmm...I was hoping for something that we wouldn't have to touch
> on the client machines...that's pretty much the problem, in and of itself.
> Thanks though...no one seems to be able to see any problems with
> what I've got below. Odd.
>
> /Dax
>
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Bradley Kramer wrote:
>
>
>>I have seen related issues with this... if it is MSIE that you are
>>using... go to tools>Internet Options>Advanced Tab and look for the Show
>>Friendly Error Pages checkbox (or something like that.) that checkbox
>>overrides the server error pages.
>>
>>-Brad Kramer
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