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    Posted: April 23 2009 at 16:30
I'm getting this error on any page on PA except for the home page in Firefox, it's okay in IE. Anyone else getting this?
 

www.progarchives.com had a problem - Web Server thinks your Browsers request was malformed or contained bad syntax



Edited by chopper - April 23 2009 at 16:31
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I'm running Firefox 3 and have no problems Alan.

You still have this problem?
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Points: 20035 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 07:40
I didn't have any problems with Firefox 3 until last night. I'll check when I get home tonight.
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 07:54
Usually when something like this happens it is because of a poorly-designed webpage. Maybe Max was doing some behind the scenes work at the time...
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Sounds more like a sql-injection/cross-scripting prevention technique installed by M@x, which looks at the requests and tries to identify malicious ones.
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 09:36
Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

sql-injection/cross-scripting prevention technique


Sorry Mr Progfreak but all posts must be in English.




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Points: 4076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 11:08
Yes guys, Mr Progfreakis right !

There is a running script that prevent malfromed URL or HEADERS to prevent SQL Injections.
There is some keywords analyzed in the URL and HEADERS (cookies) that are found in his query and thus blocked.

I'll check in the LOGS to make sure correct words are not block...

I'll keep you posted.

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^ well, today I encountered it once when I was on the active topics page and selected "2 Hours" from the dropdown. That request couldn't really have been malformed though ...
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Points: 4076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 11:18
I found your problem CHOPPER and will try to fix it.
Prog On !
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 11:27
Nice one Max, and good luck with the problem chopper. I've had one of those for years and it has gotten me into all sorts of trouble...Clown
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Points: 4076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 11:37
ProgFreak , thanks with your IP I was able to remove the blocked sequence you encountered.
Prog On !
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Points: 20035 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 14:47
Okay. I'm back in. Thanks for your help M@x and Tony.
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2009 at 16:06
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Okay. I'm back in. Thanks for your help M@x and Tony.


Thank Max and Mr Progfreak. I just made some lame jokes...Wink
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Reading this reminds me: http://xkcd.com/327/
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 25 2009 at 11:15
Man, I was hoping this would be a thread where I could get a malformed browser. LOL
So, for those who have tried many different browsers, which one is the most malformed? Tongue
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 20035 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2009 at 16:19
Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Okay. I'm back in. Thanks for your help M@x and Tony.


Thank Max and Mr Progfreak. I just made some lame jokes...Wink

In that case, thanks to M@x and Mr Progfreak and Tony, your jokes are sh*te. Wink
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