On 12-Nov-08 My Secret NSA Wiretap Overheard Amos Jeffries Saying : >> >> >> Hello all >> >> I have started to receive complains from people trying to get video's >> from >> msnbc.com that use a # character in the URL. >> >> Such as: >> >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27657223#27657223 >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27652443#27652443 >> >> >> The access log shows that it is removing the pound sign and everything >> after. >> >> 7 TCP_MISS:DIRECT >> 9.2.2.7 - - [11/Nov/2008:09:59:30 -0800] "GET >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27657223 HTTP/1.1" 200 477 >> TCP_MISS:DIRECT >> 9.2.2.7 - - [11/Nov/2008:10:00:18 -0800] "GET >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27652443 HTTP/1.1" 200 477 >> TCP_MISS:DIRECT >> >> >> I cannot see in my config why it would be truncating out the pound >> character. >> >> Any assistance greatly appreciated. > > The # symbol is part of the private URL format for certain objects such as > HTML pages and has meaning only in the receiving browser software. Client > software is expected to strip it before sending the request. > > Amos I found it! I have been obfuscating myself as using a squid cache for some time using the code below. However this line - header_access Via deny all - blocks those URLS from showing up. #### Blocks info that says Hey I'm Squid header_access Via deny all header_access X-Forwarded-For deny all header_access X-Cache deny all #### Thus #### Blocks info that says Hey I'm Squid ##header_access Via deny all header_access X-Forwarded-For deny all header_access X-Cache deny all #### Allows me to see the videos. How weird is that! I do not know what effect it will have on my obfuscation yet however. Any idea's on why their URLs (and as far as I know only their URLs) would break with this? Thanks so much! Nicole -- |\ __ /| (`\ | o_o |__ ) ) // \\ - nmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Powered by FreeBSD - ------------------------------------------------------ "The term "daemons" is a Judeo-Christian pejorative. Such processes will now be known as "spiritual guides" - Politicaly Correct UNIX Page
