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IP restrictions: The server may also restrict access to specific IP addresses or IP ranges. If the user's IP address is not included in the list of permitted addresses, a 403 status code is returned. Server configuration: The server's configuration can be set to prohibit access to certain files, directories, or areas of the website.
Blacklists can be applied at various points in a security architecture, such as a host, web proxy, DNS servers, email server, firewall, directory servers or application authentication gateways. The type of element blocked is influenced by the access control location. [1] DNS servers may be well-suited to block domain names, for example, but not ...
The server is a transforming proxy (e.g. a Web accelerator) that received a 200 OK from its origin, but is returning a modified version of the origin's response. [1]: §15.3.4 [1]: §7.7 204 No Content The server successfully processed the request, and is not returning any content. 205 Reset Content
Microsoft's IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, and IIS 8.0 servers define the following HTTP substatus codes to indicate a more specific cause of a 404 error: 404.0 – Not found. 404.1 – Site Not Found. 404.2 – ISAPI or CGI restriction. 404.3 – MIME type restriction. 404.4 – No handler configured. 404.5 – Denied by request filtering configuration.
A proxy server may reside on the user's local computer, or at any point between the user's computer and destination servers on the Internet. A proxy server that passes unmodified requests and responses is usually called a gateway or sometimes a tunneling proxy. A forward proxy is an Internet-facing proxy used to retrieve data from a wide range ...
Once the connection has been established by the server, the proxy server continues to proxy the TCP stream to and from the client. Only the initial connection request is HTTP - after that, the server simply proxies the established TCP connection. This mechanism is how a client behind an HTTP proxy can access websites using SSL or
On Tuesday, FBI Director James Comey said that the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, refused to provide his agency access to servers believed to have been targeted by Russian hackers, reports ...
Server overload: If a proxy server or gateway is overwhelmed with a large number of requests and is unable to process all of them in a timely manner, it can result in ...