Netflix Endless Loop
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Looks like even Netflix can get the simplest things wrong:
http://www.netflix.com/redirect.jsp?target=
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CS is TRWTF once again..
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@MorallyLost said:
CS is TRWTF once again..
It also likes not to show your post just after you posted.
Back to the topic, aren't META-based redirects TRWTF?
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@Spectre said:
Back to the topic, aren't META-based redirects TRWTF?
No. Not every site has the ability to modify headers. Obviously Netflix should, but meta tags exist to overcome this limitation of HTTP, so there's nothing WTFy about them.
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The curious thing is that "Refresh" is actually a HTTP header itself, it's just almost never used as one. However, it still works. (at least in IE7 and FF3.06)
If you have netcat, you can try it out yourself:
nc -lvp 80 <<EOF
http/1.1 200 OK
content-type: text/plain
content-length: 5
refresh: 5; url=http://www.google.com
hello
EOFConnect to localhost and it should redirect you to google after five seconds.
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@PSWorx said:
FTFYIf you have netcat, you can try it out yourself:
nc -lvp 80 <<EOM
http/1.1 200 MEOW
content-type: text/meow
content-length: 5 meows
refresh: 5; url=http://www.meowmix.com
meow
EOM
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@belgariontheking said:
@PSWorx said:
MEOWFYIf you have netcat, you can try it out yourself:
nc -lvp 80 <<EOM
http/1.1 200 MEOW
content-type: text/meow
content-length: 5 meows
refresh: 5; url=http://www.meowmix.com
meow
EOMFTFY
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@morbiuswilters said:
@Spectre said:
Back to the topic, aren't META-based redirects [b]when you can alter the HTTP response[/b] TRWTF?
No. Not every site has the ability to modify headers. Obviously Netflix should, but meta tags exist to overcome this limitation of HTTP, so there's nothing WTFy about them.
FTFM, kthxbye.
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@PSWorx said:
The curious thing is that "Refresh" is actually a HTTP header itself, it's just almost never used as one. However, it still works. (at least in IE7 and FF3.06)
If it works it doesn't yet mean it exists. ;=]