Just test the URL again with teh +.htr. Your browser should give you a 404
or something to that effect.
--=@ greg @=--
----- Original Message -----
From: "Won Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 3:14 PM
Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again
> How does one test to see if the problem has be fixed?
>
> Won
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zachary Bedell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 10:47 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again
>
>
> > Someone should probably make an official "checklist"
> > to run through when you setup a CF server.
>
> How about these additions to said checklist:
>
> In addition to removing the .htr mapping, also remove the mappings for any
> other extensions that you won't be using on that server.
>
> Like:
> htw -- unless you're using the WebHits highligher
> ida, idq, htr, idc -- unless you're using old-style Index Server access
> asp, cer, cdx, asa -- unless you're also hosting ASP apps on that server
> shtm, shtml, stm -- unless you're using Server Side Include files
> printer -- WTF is this and why did IIS install it for Win2k?
>
> You could probably also yank the dbm extension unless you have REALLY old
CF
> code lying around.
>
> Basically your goal is to DISABLE any functionality of your server that
> you're not currently using. The less junk you have running on the server,
> the less chance someone will find a bug in part of the server you didn't
> even know was there.
>
> Granted, there's a fine and arcane art to disabling just the right things
> without breaking any part of your server. You'd be best to play on a
> production server that you can afford to trash & reinstall a few times if
> need be. Certainly, though, deleting extensions for file types not used
in
> your sites (or your customer's sites for webhosts) is completely safe and
a
> good idea in general.
>
> Best regards,
> Zac Bedell
>
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