WebServer Question:

FrozNic

lol, first off.. why do we have asp banners on the site lol.. second off here's my question:

what makes it so that you can do this:

http://domain.com/test/test/test/test/test/test/test/test

i mean.. for some reason, i'm at a site, where, if i goto
http://domain.com/test

it's the same as going here:
http://domain.com/test/test
or
http://domain.com/test/test/test/test/test

anyone know?

DeltaRho2K

The domain.com example you give is just a custom 404 page not found error page.
All of those examples you give are the same as if you went to:

http://domain.com/blahblahblah

http://domain.com/blahblahblahdomain.com/blahblahblah

FrozNic

that's just it lol, they aren't 404 errors.. it's actually page content.. 😐 very weird!

DeltaRho2K

No, you're right. They aren't the standard:
"Error code 404, this page can not be found" pages.

But, they are custom 404 pages. Basically, the server sends a 404 page not found error, which is parsed by (probably cgi) and this page is what is output.

If you read the content, the first paragraph says:

"The page you tried was not found. You may have used an outdated link or may have typed the domain name address (URL) incorrectly."

Apache and IIS both have the ability to redirect to custom pages when a 404 error is received.

This article describes how using Apache and PHP.
http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/21/0.php

FrozNic

blah

DeltaRho2K

;-P

Was that Blah at me ;-)

FrozNic

yes lol, first off, it wasn't a 404, i know 😛 second off, i haxcored it anyway so it doesn't matter ^. so .. blah >.<

DeltaRho2K

OK, well I stand corrected then... If you can tell they aren't 404s, then I have two questions for you... (Not trying to sound like I am challenging you, I am just curious at this point)

1) How do you know they aren't 404s?
2) According to the "They aren't 404s" theory, then that would suggest the domain.com has the directory structure of:
test/test/test/test/test/ which probably isn't the case, so how would you explain this part?

batman

Alright,

If I'm not mistaken there is a script that checks to see if the dir typed in address bar exists or not. I am not sure what checks the address bar, but if you do then you can use something like this:

$url = "$PHP_SELF"; //whatever calls the url
if(!file_exists($url))
{
include "404.php";
}

Secondly, it could also be a custom 404 error page.

FrozNic

check it :
http://www.hackquest.de/hacking/level1/level1.php

Mordecai

You can use mod_rewrite in Apache to do this. Going to phpinfo.php/blah/ where phpinfo.php has only phpinfo() will show you (if you have mod_rewrite installed) how to use this info in PHP.

FrozNic

thats what i was thinking.. thanks for the conformation Mordecai 🙂

martyn

http://domain.com/sadsadsadmf;pmwplk]ldflellgelgflg

Please do not tell me this is not a 404.

The Mod-Rewrite thing is true, but here it is a custom 404.

Basically you can set a .htaccess file to redirect to any given page when a 404 come up!

Not what they have done (i think) is this:

[.htaccess]
ErrorDocument 404 [path to]404.php

[404.php]
Web Page here.

This tell the web server to send the user the 404.php page when a 404 error occours.

There is nothing more, nothing less going in here.

DeltaRho2K

I don't know if it is a redirect per se, because that redirect should show up in the address bar (I would think)... but the include thing sure sounds good to me...

martyn

Well its not redirected as such. More like when apache is asked to server XYZ and XYZ is not there it sends the 404 error, the browser will not know this as it has requested one page and things it has got it. Thats why the address will not change.