[PLUG] Odd error web message

Fred James fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net
Thu May 23 21:28:42 UTC 2019


Dick Steffens wrote:
> Using Firefox on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine,  if I go to 
> http://www.artoftheprint.com/ I'm sent to 
> http://www.artoftheprint.com/403error.htmlI get the following error 
> message:
>
>
> 403 Unauthorised Access Explenation:
> "Sorry, unable to complete your request"
>
>     If you received this notice, you may not be using the appropriate 
> settings.
>     Pease contact the site where this link is located so they can 
> correct this issue.
>
>
> There are three spelling mistakes here, so it's either a hijacked 
> page, or the creator of the error message doesn't have English as a 
> primary language.
>
> When I Google "403 Unauthorised Access Explenation:" Google wants to 
> correct the spelling. When I tell it to keep the spelling, it still 
> only gives me info for the 403 error with correct spelling.
>
> If I go to http://www.artoftheprint.com/ using Firefox on my virtual 
> Win7 machine I get the correct page.
>
> Anybody else ever experience this
When I use either Firefox, Iceape or Chromium, I get the intended page, 
and not an error page.  When I force the error page by putting in the 
error page URL you provided, yes I see the spelling issues. Does that help?
Regards
Fred James



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