80458 - images linked with cgi-scripts do not show up

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 74284

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[spiggy]

i have linked my images with cgi-scrips in order to prevent people from 
directly linking to them and thus using my bandwidth. this works with every 
browser i have tried so far but with mozilla 0.9 these pictures do not show up. 
the way they are linked is '/cgi-bin/show.cgi?imagename&gif'. the ampersand is 
a requirement. the script then checks the directory defined inside the script 
(usually a long tricky path so people cannot guess it) and looks for a 
filename 'imagename.gif'.

Comment 1

[Oliver Klee]

Confirming on 2001050404 Win2k and over to Networking for a try.

I tried the image http://www.merciless.net/cgi-bin/show.cgi?faceflip&gif and got
redirected to http://216.74.98.59/busted.html. The image displays ok in Opera 5.11.

This might have something to do with the URL containing a question mark or an
ampersand.

Comment 2

[neeti]

I get the same behaviour in 4.x. pavlov, can you look at this

Comment 3

[Stuart Parmenter]

reassigning to darin.  this doesn't work in IE on windows.. apparently only 
Opera :)

Comment 4

[Darin Fisher]

Attachment: packet log under mozilla (5/15 trunk)

Comment 5

[Darin Fisher]

Attachment: packet log using netscape 4.7

Comment 6

[Darin Fisher]

doesn't work from netscape 4.7 or from my 5/15 mozilla build.  i guess i'll have
to give opera a try then...

Comment 7

[spiggy]

i just downloaded mozilla to my linux box (rh 7.1) and the page shows up
correctly (http://merciless.net/blackplanet/index.php). the image on the right
side is supposed to show up in this page. strangely it works with mozilla/linux
but not with mozilla/win2k. this works also correctly with opera5/linux. of
course it also works on win2k and all ie/netscape versions i have tried.

if you just load the imagefile
(http://www.merciless.net/cgi-bin/show.cgi?faceflip&gif), you are supposed to be
redirected to the busted.html file because the pictures should always be in a
html file referred by merciless.net. anything else redirects to the busted.html.
hopefully this clears things up a bit.

Comment 8

[Andreas M. "Clarence" Schneider]

Reporter, what is your build id? Wfm with a current build on Linux.
Probably a dupe of bug 74284. Also, it's IMHO a bad idea to rely on a referrer.
I usually do not send any referrers.

Comment 9

[Andreas M. "Clarence" Schneider]

... just noticed I overread your last comment. Marking dupe.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 74284 ***

Comment 10

[benc]

qa to me.

VERIFIED:
Check out the updates in the bug this duped to. Get a build after 05.07.2001 and
see if this works. You might need to get a work around from the prefs problem in
bug 83229.