>Number: 1032 >Category: general >Synopsis: Apache 1.2.3 Proxy Server returns Error 403 while Apache 1.2.1 >Proxy Server works ok >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project) >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 21 02:40:02 1997 >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.2.3 >Environment: Linux Slackware v3.2 with Kernel 2.0.30 Apache 1.2.3 compiled with gcc, using suEXEC. No VirtualHosts setup yet. Root server only. Running Apache under "user/group" www.frontpage from /var/lib/httpd. All file permissions set to user/group www.frontpage and chmod 755. MS Front Page Extensions installed and working fine. >Description: No core dumps.
I used to have Apache 1.2.1 setup on a Linux box as a proxy server. Using Microsoft Explorer on a W95 box I always accessed the http://investor.msn.com without any problem. Upgraded to Apache 1.2.3 and cannot use Apache as a proxy server any more for THIS PARTICULAR SITE ONLY. I did not check many others, but a few worked ok. Aparently the problem is with the home.asp file that gets loaded from this URL. Don't know enough to understand what's going on. >How-To-Repeat: Probably yes. Try going to http://investor.msn.com through an Apache 1.2.3 proxy server. >Fix: Re-install Apache 1.2.1 (simply replaced the binary-executable%2 >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
