Yes, thanks. Just wanted to make sure that the option will not be
dropped. But after reading Dan's answer a second time, it probably
never sounded like he was going to... :)

Regards,
Markus

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote:
> To activate it you need to add
>
> serverHeaders: true
>
> in site.config
>
> Without that or set to false, it would be the original behavior.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Markus Weimar
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I'm very glad about this decision. Does it make sense to make the old
>> behavior optional, maybe for intranet use? Currently, I don't need
>> this. Just a thought.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Markus
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:17 AM, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > This makes sense. I'll fix the bug and change the default.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Dan
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> I can't really speak for others, but for me, I want the visitor, more
>> >> often
>> >> than not a search engine to know that what they are looking for does
>> >> not
>> >> exist.  I have a number of very old sites which have thousands of hits
>> >> to
>> >> them for content that simply doesn't exist anymore and/or has been
>> >> reformatted completely different.  The current default it telling the
>> >> search
>> >> engine, they found it, when in fact they didn't so they keep updating
>> >> their
>> >> engine result as if there really was content there.
>> >>
>> >> There is a bit of a security aspect too... I'm sure we all have seen
>> >> attempts to see if some particular package is installed on your site in
>> >> a
>> >> string of tests that hit all at once,  Those bots typically collect the
>> >> results and come back later to try to exploit them.  With even bad hits
>> >> showing up with 200 codes, it makes it look like you have all that
>> >> stuff
>> >> when you may have none of it.
>> >>
>> >> Last thing you need is to have some bot then hitting your site with
>> >> tons of
>> >> exploit attempts clogging up your traffic, logs etc..
>> >>
>> >> Up until now, they all were reported as 200 Ok... example this
>> >> morning...
>> >>
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //admin/mysql/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4484
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //admin/phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200
>> >> 4487
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //admin/pma/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4483
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //admin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4473
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //controls/ps3-dbadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200
>> >> 4491
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //db/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4471
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //dbadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4475
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //myadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4474
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //myadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4474
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //mysql-admin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4477
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //mysql/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4474
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //mysqladmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4477
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //mysqlmanager/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4479
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //p/m/a/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4482
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //php-my-admin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4479
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //php-myadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4478
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpm/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4473
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmanager/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4477
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmy-admin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4478
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmy/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4475
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpMyA/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4479
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmyad-sys/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4478
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmyad/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4476
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpMyAdmi/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4481
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpMyAdmin-2.10.0/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200
>> >> 4505
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpMyAdmin-2/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4485
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 404 226
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmyadmin2/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4480
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpMyAdmin2/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4482
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpMyAds/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4481
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //PMA/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4475
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //PMA2005/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4479
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //pma2005/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4476
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //sqlmanager/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4475
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //sqlweb/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4474
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //vhcs2/tools/pma/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4495
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //vhcs/tools/pma/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4493
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //tools/pma/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4483
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //web/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4492
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //webadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4475
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //webdb/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4474
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //websql/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4476
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //xampp/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200
>> >> 4494
>> >> 94.63.246.3 "GET //phpmy/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4475
>> >>
>> >> That bot (now blocked) thinks I've got all those goodies to play with
>> >> when
>> >> none of them are there or at least not setup in that fashion
>> >>
>> >> I have been updating all my sites to use it.
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:58 PM, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Looks like you are right Kevin. I will fix that along with a couple
>> >>> other things and put out a new release soon.   :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Just out of curiosity, should the default behavior be to use these
>> >>> server headers or not?
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> Dan
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Kevin <[email protected]>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > Is this the right syntax?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > if (BOLTconfig('serverHeaders') == 'true')
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Seems that other things that look at BOLTconfig are using something
>> >>> > like:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > BOLTconfig('BOLTautoLines', 'true');
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Where the item being look for is preceded with BOLT
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Changing lines in engine.php seem to make it work..
>> >>> >
>> >>> > if (BOLTconfig('BOLTserverHeaders') == 'true') header('HTTP/1.1 404
>> >>> > Not
>> >>> > Found');
>> >>> >
>> >>> > and
>> >>> >
>> >>> > if (BOLTconfig('BOLTserverHeaders') == 'true') header('HTTP/1.1 403
>> >>> > Forbidden');
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Kevin <[email protected]>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Dan, did you get a chance to see why this didn't work?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I added serverHeaders: true and it made no difference.   I tried
>> >>> >> the
>> >>> >> same
>> >>> >> on a few others with the same results.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> They return HTTP/1.1 200 OK
>> >>> >> Regardless of what page I hit, existing or not.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I see where the code is in engine.php, but I've not tried to setup
>> >>> >> some
>> >>> >> sort of test to see if it is triggering or not.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> These are all 3.4.14.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Kevin <[email protected]>
>> >>> >> wrote:
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> Tried that and it didn't seem to make a change.  Still outputs a
>> >>> >>> 200
>> >>> >>> code.
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:22 PM, The Editor <[email protected]>
>> >>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> Try putting serverHeaders: true in site.config and see if that
>> >>> >>>> works.
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> We could make it the default easily enough. I'm open to arguments
>> >>> >>>> for
>> >>> >>>> the pro's con's.
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> Cheers,
>> >>> >>>> Dan
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Kevin <[email protected]>
>> >>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>> >>>> > I've noticed lots of hits for an older site from search engines
>> >>> >>>> > for
>> >>> >>>> > content
>> >>> >>>> > that simply does not and should not exist.  currently that
>> >>> >>>> > triggers
>> >>> >>>> > the
>> >>> >>>> > action.missing page which from the logs shows it is return code
>> >>> >>>> > of
>> >>> >>>> > 200.
>> >>> >>>> >
>> >>> >>>> > Is there a way to get action.missing to issue a 404 code?
>> >>> >>>> >
>> >>> >>>> > Example log entry:
>> >>> >>>> >
>> >>> >>>> > ycar8.mobile.re3.yahoo.com - - [23/Jan/2011:19:23:42 -0500]
>> >>> >>>> > "GET
>> >>> >>>> > /greyhound.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 14435 "-" "YahooCacheSystem"
>> >>> >>>> >
>> >>> >>>> > I saw a posting titled "Reporting 404 messages to error logs"
>> >>> >>>> > which
>> >>> >>>> > someone
>> >>> >>>> > was modifying the library.php but your reply indicated you had
>> >>> >>>> > already
>> >>> >>>> > added
>> >>> >>>> > hooks to do this.
>> >>> >>>> >
>> >>> >>>> > Perhaps this should be a default ??
>> >>> >>>> >
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