Hi! Ok, I've found it!
With the help and info of a few other people, I was pointed to <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489575 >.
Essentially, the problem happens on Leopard, with Parental controls turned on, and Firefox. When Parental controls are on, the OS makes all the requests go trough some local proxy to check for nude chicks and stuff. For some very weird reason, when the request is done using Firefox, the last two characters of the value of the last submitted field on a form are replaced by "Pr"...
Apparently, this is fixed in Snow Leopard.The solution, on server side, is to add a hidden dummy field at the end of the form, so that parental controls may screw that value up without any further consequences.
Nice one, Apple! :P Yours Miguel Arroz On 2009/09/11, at 16:09, Mark Gowdy wrote:
Miguel,I have also noticed this in our error logs, but it happens so infrequently that I just ignored it (presumed it was a bot, or something probing for a common security hole or something)If you discover otherwise, please let us know. Thanks, Mark On 11 Sep 2009, at 15:48, Miguel Arroz wrote:Hi!Just to make it clear, I am NOT able to reproduce this. I'm just watching this on the live production servers and reading the logs. So it may be something else masking as Firefox.Yours Miguel Arroz On 2009/09/11, at 15:45, Miguel Arroz wrote:Hi!Has anyone had seen problems with requests that (theoretically) come from the Firefox browser where the string "Pr" is added to a hidden form field? I've seen this in the past, and I'm seeing it now. It's causing my stuff to crash because that field is supposed to have a number, so parseInt crashes. I'm getting stuff like "12526795139Pr" where it should be "12526795139".Yours Miguel Arroz _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/arroz%40guiamac.com This email sent to [email protected]_______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/gowdy%40mac.com This email sent to [email protected]_______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/arroz%40guiamac.com This email sent to [email protected]
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