X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,EXECUTABLE_URI X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" , "George Barrick" Subject: Re: incomplete/corrupted setup.exe References: <4B30AD0BED19E842AAE88DC397364931240B83C3F5@mail3.walsh.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:49:33 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Matthias Andree" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4B30AD0BED19E842AAE88DC397364931240B83C3F5@mail3.walsh.edu> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.50 (Win32) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com George Barrick wrote on 2010-03-14: > > 2010.03.14.12:14:09 EST > > Hello Cygwin, > > The output from 'wget -S' was: > > $ wget -S http://cygwin.com/setup.exe > --2010-03-14 12:08:43-- http://cygwin.com/setup.exe > Resolving cygwin.com... 209.132.180.131 > Connecting to cygwin.com|209.132.180.131|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... > HTTP/1.0 200 OK > Server: Web Filter Blocked Page This is inconsistent and bogus. Someone writing the filter software should read the HTTP standards. The Proxy blocks the page yet returns HTTP/1.0 200 OK, but should use a code >= 400, I's think that 502 Bad Gateway and 403 Forbidden are the best choices here. > The setup.exe file that I received was actually a > web-page with some embedded scripts from the Cymphonix group. > They ask you to link to an e-mail page if you wish to report > a mis-characterized page or resource. > > I sent the e-mail, but I'm not expecting a response. > I've been through it before; they just ignore the requests. Then a complaint to those who are responsible for setting up or subscribing to this Cymphonix stuff might be in order, to tell them it's not working properly, and that it corrupts data. Depending on exact circumstances and legislation, this may even be illegal. -- Matthias Andree -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple