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Post by eMuNiX » Thu May 25, 2006 11:54 am

I noticed last evening that I can perform a search okay but when I click on the topic I get an error:- “The server has experienced a temporary error. If the problem persists please contact website admin and be sure to mention what you were trying to access at the time.” At first I thought this was might be because I am using a beta version of linux with a beta version of Opera, so I tried it again today at work this is using a fairly new install of XP with Opera 8.54 and I still get the same error. Obviously this renders search mainly useless for me. :cry:
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Post by Steve » Thu May 25, 2006 12:01 pm

Works for me (when I remember to actually use it). I'm using FF in windows XP pro. Have also used IE7 without any problem.

Can you try something other than Opera?
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Post by Shotokan101 » Thu May 25, 2006 12:07 pm

Works for me with IE5 and XP :)
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Post by Neo » Thu May 25, 2006 12:13 pm

Works in Opera 7.54, IE6 and FF all in WinXP :)

Could it have been during a scheduled backup? Or maybe just a timeout (due to a large number of results)? What search terms/does it make any difference?
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Post by eMuNiX » Thu May 25, 2006 12:49 pm

Tried again using 'opera' as my search term and it is fine, by process of elimination the word that causes the problem is "telnet", oh and it borks in IE6 with that word too.
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Post by Shotokan101 » Thu May 25, 2006 12:52 pm

telnet search work for me..... :?
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Post by Steve » Thu May 25, 2006 12:54 pm

Search worked for me, but clicking on the topic returned gave the error described.
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Post by eMuNiX » Thu May 25, 2006 12:55 pm

Steve wrote:Search worked for me, but clicking on the topic returned gave the error described.
<<that's what I said :?
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Post by Neo » Thu May 25, 2006 12:56 pm

It's because there are certain keywords that are identified as potentially harmful/active commands by the system. These include "tftp", "wget" etc...we have been compiling a list of these keywords and then Kieran will try and find a solution :)
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Post by biro » Thu May 25, 2006 1:01 pm

interesting thing after a search for telnet

GART2-4114
[ Goto page: 1, 2, 3 ]

if you click on the title (GART2-4114 in this example)you get an error if you click on a page ( 1,2 or 3) it works properly !

searching "nmap" "ftp" and "wget" appears OK ("" only for posting search ok without )
(except cant post those words without the quotes !)
But can 'post' telnet without quotes
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Post by Neo » Thu May 25, 2006 1:21 pm

I think it's because telnet was fixed for posting but the "&highlight=telnet" that gets appended to the URL still generates an error because the viewtopic.php hasn't been 'fixed' with regard to the highlight value ;)
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Post by Steve » Thu May 25, 2006 2:21 pm

eMuNiX wrote:
Steve wrote:Search worked for me, but clicking on the topic returned gave the error described.
<<that's what I said :?
I know... :? I was confirming the same happened in FF and IE7 etc. :wink:
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Post by Kieran » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:15 pm

This is a known issue and a message is now dispalyed along with the standard server error to indicate that a word in your post/search/link may have caused the error. Locked.
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