66111 - Weird access denials on Fortunecity webpages

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[Matthew Cline]

There is a webpage at fortunecity which contains links that, when
followed, sometimes go to the page
http://www.fortunecity.com/denial/denial.html with the message:

>In order for us to continue to provide our members with the first-class service
>they expect, we don't allow people to link files from sites hosted with other
>providers.

The links that give this problem also point to the host
lavender.fortunecity.com, so I'm not sure what the problem is.  I'm
guessing that it might have something to do with the referrer value
in the request header.

This problem only happens infrequently.  To reproduce, try visiting
every single link on the page, and it will eventually happen.

Comment 1

[Matthew Wilson]

I don't think this is anything to do with Mozilla, I've seen similar with IE.

Comment 2

[HJ]

Do you have cookies enabled? And what build are you using?

Comment 3

[Matthew Cline]

Build 2001012006, Linux 2.2.14 i686, Redhat 6.1

Cookies are on.

Comment 4

[neeti]

-->http

Comment 5

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

FYI: Beonex Communicator has all referrers disabled by default. Visiting
<http://lavender.fortunecity.com/friday/573/ranma.html>, I get redirected to a
404 page every time. (A redirect! - Boy, are they clueless.) Visiting with
Mozilla 0.8 (referrer on) works. Visiting other member pages (seach on google
after "www.fortunecity.com") on fortunecity works with both Beonex Comm. and
Mozilla 0.8.

Comment 6

[basic]

With Mozilla 1.1 full installer this wfm

Comment 7

[rpotts (gone)]

i suspect that if incorrect referrer headers were causing this problem, then it
has been fixed.

can anyone reproduce this bug?  or can i close this bug out...

-- rick

Comment 8

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

This should be wfm

-> wfm