Well it's kind of like web proxies. Many use them as a way to firewall off their site, or do load balancing with multiple servers. But they are also used to bypass content filters that are required by law in school environments. It's the old, "Fire, BAD! No wait, fire GOOD!" conundrum. If you try to block the bad, you also break the good.
Bob On May 17, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > On May 17, 2011, at 2:34 AM, Matthias Rebbe wrote: > > > >>> This code is stored as a text file inside a data folder in > >>> the server, the first line of that folder is > >>> the long URL. When someone tries to access http://fon.nu/something > >>> the irev file picks the something part and checks to see if a file > >>> exists, if it exists, then it issues a "301 Location changed HTTP > >>> header" pointing to the long URL. > > > > So's you know, this will wreak havoc with a lot of browsers and > > firewall software. > > I would imagine redirects are far more common than systems that don't support > them, no? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
