Friday, 27. July 2007, 00:26:17
Wall Street Journal think Opera is a nasty bot
All of the blogs linked from the Wall Street Journal Blog page don't work with my install of Opera. I'm displayed with an unpleasent message saying:Precondition Failed
We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /law/ on this server.
We have established rules for access to this server, and any person or robot that violates these rules will be unable to access this site.
...
I just wanted to check that others are getting this and it's not related to my proxy or something.
Friday, 27. July 2007, 02:54:36
That message comes from some serverside anti-ad software called "Bad behavioiur", and IIRC it is caused by your proxy removing some headers and not others, specifically related to the "TE" header. I have never gotten an explanation about why that header is supposed to indicate a bot. The particular test can be disabled serverside.
Friday, 27. July 2007, 08:45:12
No proxy here and I can access those blogs OK, so I think yngve is right that it is proxy/server related.
Friday, 27. July 2007, 14:35:15
Yeah, can't be because of Opera specifically. I browse WSJ Online everyday with no problems. 
Friday, 27. July 2007, 16:01:06
BTW: you might try to disable HTTP 1.1 for proxy.
Other references:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=127095
http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/opera-patch-for-bad-behavior/
Other references:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=127095
http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/opera-patch-for-bad-behavior/
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