On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:59:12 +0100, J. Grant <jg(a)jguk.org> wrote:
I wonder if you are aware that your web servers are
incorrectly
configured at present..? (I could be wrong..)
Below is a log from teh W3C link check validation util:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis
What to do: The link is forbidden! This needs fixing. Usual
suspects: a missing index.html or Overview.html, or a missing ACL.
Response status code: 403
Response message: Forbidden
Line: 58
The "missing index.html or Overview.html" here is a red herring: all
the checker is saying is that when it tries to read the URL listed, it
gets a 403 error instead of the web page. I can only think that the
validator is sending out a user-agent that is blocked for some reason,
or is otherwise being blocked by the servers.
In fact, I notice
http://validator.w3.org/about.html mentions the "LWP
Perl Modules"; probably the link validator is sending out the default
LWP user-agent, which is blocked to avoid badly written bots and
spiders.
Using the command-line GET tool:
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]