Hi, isn't the browser supposed to not display an error if the image is embedded in the html? I can understand popping up an error if it was typed in the urlbar...
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:18:57 -0600, Michael Kaply wrote: :I created a localhost entry that pointed www.yahoo.com to 127.0.0.1. : :I started NS 2.02 and I typed www.yahoo.com in the URL bar and after 30 seconds, I :got an error message. : :I have no idea why you were seeing a behavior on 2.02 where this localhost change :worked. : :The proper behavior when trying to connect to a machine that has no webserver :running is to display an error. : :Mike : :Felix Miata wrote: : :> Michael Kaply wrote: :> :> > Felix Miata wrote: :> :> > > "The connection was refused when attempting to connect to ads.web.aol.com." :> :> > > These popups (on visiting eBay) I have no need to see over and over and :> > > over and over and over and over, much less ever at all. I have to click :> > > OK three times on each page. Make them go away. :> :> > > I can't think of appropriate keyword(s) to search for an existing bug. I :> > > suppose component would be network, but what keyword(s)? How to describe :> > > a new bug if necessary? :> :> > > \mptn\etc\hosts (a 9920 line file on my system - see :> > > <http://www.smartin-designs.com/>) contains in part: :> > > 127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com :> :> > This is actually what should happen if you do not have a web server :> > running on a your local machine. :> :> I can't believe this. It works fine for 2.02. I don't see anything at :> the indicated above URL to indicate web server on local machine is :> required for the hosts file to deny access to unwanted content. :> :> What is meant by having a web server on my local machine? :> :> > Previously we had a bug that connecting to localhost with no webserver :> > running would produce no error at all. :> :> For embedded offsite content no error at all is probably the best :> behavior. :> :> > A cross platform fix went in that also fixed this problem. :> :> > As far as I know, in order to use this trick properly, you need to have :> > a webserver running that connects and returns nothing. :> :> How is this done, and why is it necessary if 2.02 works fine? :> :> > See: :> :> > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100776 :> > and :> > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106188 :> :> Way over my head. Maybe :> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28586 is on track to handle :> this? :> :> I'm a user, not a programmer. All I know is I don't need or want popups :> when adservers are unreachable, regardless of the reason why they are :> unreachable. :> -- :> "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless :> the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. :> Psalm 127:1 NIV :> :> Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 :> :> Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ :
