[ale] apache wierdness

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 21:27 -0400, Randal Jarrett wrote:
> Since the IP address has changed have you made sure that you flushed all
> the caches on your browser?
> 
Tried from a freshly built machine (2 actually, a linux box and an XP
Pro) with the same results.
> 
> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 16:46 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Scenario:
> > 
> > apache server behind nat firewall.
> > Network changes just occurred.
> > Nat reconfigured to accept new external IP and redirect to DMZ apache
> > server.
> > 
> > Situation:
> > 
> > _partial_ connections. If login to web script with bad user name or
> > password, system returns the correct "bad username or password. Login
> > failed" error message from the login script.
> > 
> > Using a good combination, I get no response. It looks like a server hung
> > on connect. wget eventually times out. BUT! The person who wrote the app
> > on the server connects just fine with the SAME LOGIN THAT FAILS WITH
> > ME?!?!?!
> > 
> > Both of us see the same IP address. No errors in the log files.
> > 
> > If I try and access a perl script in cgi-bin called printenv with the
> > perms set to no execute, I get an apache arror message telling me it
> > can't be execute. If the perms are fixed, the server just sits and does
> > NOTHING.
> > 
> > I have never seen something like this before and am comletely perplexed.
> > 
> > The firewall now has old and new connections on it (i.e. old IP and new
> > IP) We are in the process of migrating to a new ISP/data line provider. 
> > 
> > If everything failed to go through, I could understand it being the
> > network change. But some stuff comes through. Static pages don't happen.
> > Error messages happen.
> > 
> > 
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