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Where could I find a list of these codes?
-ASC

 > Mike Meyer wrote:
 > 
 > >> Can someone explain where one should use a 403 response versus a 400
 > >> response? Is using 400 only for mailformed requests, and 400 for
 > >> requests with a command that isn't understood a reasonable
 > >> interpretation?
 > 
 > and Paul Phillips responded:
 > 
 > > My spec indicates that 403 implies greater server understanding than 400 
 > > does.  A 403 means the server tried to service the request, and failed, 
 > > while a 400 means that the server knew based on the request that it would 
 > > fail.
 > 
 > Ummmm, almost.  400 Bad Request indicates that the server was unable
 > to understand the request due to it being malformed.  403 Forbidden
 > indicates that the server *did* understand the request, but refuses to
 > service it for some reason that remains unknown to the client.
 > 
 > > There does seem to be some abiguity here, but both codes instruct the 
 > > client not to repeat the request, so I don't think it's critical.
 > 
 > There is a certain amount of overlap between 400 and all 4xx responses,
 > but I don't consider that to be ambiguous.  I'll change the spec so
 > that the purpose of the two codes is clarified.
 > 
 > Hmmmm, I could just change the example Reason Phrases to
 > 
 >      400 You screwed up
 >      403 Piss off
 > 
 > ;-)
 > 
 >  ....Roy T. Fielding  Department of ICS, University of California, Irvine USA
 >                                        <fielding@ics.uci.edu>
 >                       <URL:http://www.ics.uci.edu/dir/grad/Software/fielding>

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