Re: apache and 404/404 status codes

[mikael.olsson () ENTERNET SE (Mikael Olsson)]

Shelagh Pepper wrote:
> At 12:26 PM 7/7/00 +0200, Slawek wrote:
> > Hopefully Apache has an option to map all 403 result codes to 404.
>
> Error codes can be mapped as follows (in conf or .htaccess files if
> FileInfo override permission has been granted):
> ErrorDocument 404 /Lame_excuses/not_found.html
> ErrorDocument 403 /Lame_excuses/not_found.html

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this won't help, since if you look
at the HTTP response headers, it'll still say HTTP/403 and
HTTP/404, respectively.

Sure, having the same HTML text will fool the casual hacker, but
anyone a wee bit more knowledgeable, or simply someone using
HEAD rather than GET, is sure to see the "real" HTTP response
code.

ngnghhh 5 am and 12 hours of IP span reconfiguration... Time for
some serious "Zzzz"s...

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