Next message: Kynn Bartlett: "Re: Referer validation errors"
From: Terje Bless <link@pobox.com>
To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Date: 25 Sep 2001 06:41:02 +0200
Message-Id: <1001392863.28013.4.camel@tux>
Subject: Re: Referer validation errors
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On Mon, 2001-09-24 at 20:25, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
> >This is what happens when a referer link to the validator is
> >followed by someone using a browser that does not send proper
> >referer information. It attempts to validate what is essentially
> >an empty document.
> >
> >Liz
>
> Is Liz correct, and if so, why is this the behavior of the validator?
AFAIK, this is not the behaviour of the Validator. It certainly isn't
the _intended_ behaviour of the Validator. IOW, if this is truly how it
behaves then it's a bug. If you can provide more details (exact URL and
browser name+version+platform) I'll try to replicate it and, if
necessary, fix it.
> Should it do something different if there is not sufficient
> information given to attempt validation?
Yeah, it should. Our error handling is pretty disgracefull ATM. Fixing
it is on the TODO, but I haven't got a round tuit yet.