Closed Bug 159670 Opened 22 years ago Closed 18 years ago

hemscott.com - blocks access to non IE browsers server-side

Categories

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English Other, defect, P3)

Product:
Tech Evangelism Graveyard
Component:
English Other
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: rn214, Unassigned)

References

(
URL
)

Details

(Whiteboard: [deny]) 

If you visit the location above, and click the link marked "Click here for your
free 7 day trial", the site gives the following erroneous error:

"Welcome to Hemscott's Premium Site.
In order to access this site please upgrade your browser to IE4 or Higher."

[This occurs on both W98 and Linux]

I've already aked the webmaster to fix this and been told "sorry we only support
IE". So perhaps you can have better luck! After all, Mozilla is Higher than IE4
:-) And it doesn't need "supporting" - all they need to do is stop doing
server-side blocking.

Thanks a lot. 

Richard
confirming, try contact (from VeriSign whois record)

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
      Department, IT  (ID480)		hostmaster@HEMSCOTT.CO.UK
      Hemscott.net group PLC
      2nd floor, Finsbury Tower
      103-105 Bunhill row
      London
      EC1Y8TY
      GB
      +44 (0)20 74960055 (FAX) +44 (0)20 78471716
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
URL: http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/H... → https://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/...
Severity: normal → major
OS: Linux → All
Priority: -- → P3
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: Website blocks access to non IE browsers. → hemscott.com - blocks access to non IE browsers server-side
Whiteboard: [deny]
-> New component
Component: Europe: West → English Other
en other default owner
Assignee: nitot → english-other
QA Contact: brantgurganus2001 → english-other
Whiteboard: [deny] → [deny] [bug248549notfixed]
Blocking has been removed.
yep, I can get to the CC info. Thanks Robin. FIXED.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Unfortunately, they are still doing it. If you go to the main page:
http://www.hemscott.com/    
and then click on the circled 'P' icon in the top left, you get this URL:
http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPublic?context=premium.home&path=premium&service=home
which then redirects to:
http://miranda.hemscott.com/premium/notie.htm

Sorry to disappoint you!

Richard
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Sorry Richard, but I can login and access info fine. Premium doesn't redirect
for me.
That's very odd! I find that firefox is OK, but Mozilla 1.73 is not OK.
Konqueror is also blocked.
They are whitelisting browsers and include IE and Firefox (at least) but
excluding  other Gecko browsers. Confirmed by using a Mozilla UA String in Firefox.
Whiteboard: [deny] [bug248549notfixed] → [deny]
I've just checked Premium with Firefox, Mozilla and Opera and they can all get in fine. -> FIXED?
Yes, thank you very much. I'll mark this as FIXED. Seems that their webmaster finally got a clue :-)
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago → 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Product: Tech Evangelism → Tech Evangelism Graveyard
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