On 09/01/2008, Michael Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It simply because http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology/ tries to > redirect to > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm/ - note > the trailing slash in both which makes it not work.
Using Telnet to view the exact return by the server shows something interesting. /technology actually redirects to /technology/ That would be why Firefox is adding a trialling /, it's what it is being told to do. Don't know how opera and IE are working. View the actual responses: > Connected to www.bbc.co.uk (212.58.253.70). > GET /technology HTTP/1.1 > HOST: www.bbc.co.uk > > HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently > [snip] > Location: http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology/ > [snip] It's the BBC adding the trailing slash, not the browser. The most likely cause is that /technology is a directory so technically a request for /technology is invalid, Apache appears to auto-correct to /technology/ and then uses rewrite rules on the subsequent request. If you want rewrite to apply to /technology make sure you don't have your .htaccess in that folder as it won't see it till it gets the /technology/ request. Oddly I swear it appeared to be fixed and then broke again. >From outside the BBC a request to /technology/ is forbidden not rewritten to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm/ as suggested (at least not currently) Is someone playing with the server config files? Direct link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm still works fine however. Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
