On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:34:25 +0000 (UTC) Maninder Pal Singh <mpsinghk@gmail.com> wrote: > > Richard Porter <ricp <at> minijem.plus.com> writes: > > > > > > > I'm told by the host that the 406 and 500 errors are caused by > > restrictions imposed by mod_security, which I take to be the > > ModSecurity open source firewall. Is this a known problem? What > > settings should they use to ensure that ModSecurity works with the > > W3C link checker? What is the link checker doing that won't get > > past ModSecurity? > > That depends entirely on what mod_security configuration[1] is causing it to reject the validator. Without the configuration, we couldn't possibly say. > Hi > > I am also facing the same problem. When I use the w3c link checker > for one of my site, It gives error 406 Not Acceptable. That's your server saying Not Acceptable. Again, your sysop would be the person to talk to about why. [1] if it is indeed mod_security. A misconfigured mod_negotiation or an application could also be likely candidates. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/Received on Friday, 11 July 2008 22:45:38 GMT
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