Weird!

[annathepiper]

So here I am trying to look up on greatbigsea.com, and I get me a weirdo error message that talks about default.cfm being missing--default.cfm being the filename of the site's main index. The weirdness comes in with that link not working for me, while greatbigsea.ca does. These domains point to the same machine, and although I don't know this for certain I'm assuming that they point at the same set of actual physical files.

Also, if I try to hit the .com link from lynx on either my Murkworks account or my Drizzle one, I get to the site okay.

Can anyone else reproduce this problem? I'm curious as to whether it's some sort of bizarro weirdness with Microsoft's internal net going on, or whether it's something related to IE, or what. I'm also perplexed by what would be causing a site referred to by two different domain names to fail for one of them and load for the other.


Here's the weirdo error message...

Error Occurred While Processing Request
File not found: /default.cfm

Please try the following:
Enable Robust Exception Information to provide greater detail about the
source of errors. In the Administrator, click Debugging & Logging >
Debugging Settings, and select the Robust Exception Information option.
Check the ColdFusion documentation to verify that you are using the correct
syntax.
Search the Knowledge Base to find a solution to your problem.


Browser   Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Remote Address   131.107.0.89
Referrer
Date/Time   18-Apr-05 04:24 PM

Comments

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

I can get to .com just fine from here. Momentary glitch, maybe? Try CTRL+F5 to refresh the page without hitting the cache.

[annathepiper]

Tried Ctrl+F5 already, didn't seem to help. Also tried clearing my cache and restarting my browser. Very strange! I'd wonder whether the index file isn't coming through the Borg firewall for some reason, but that doesn't make any sense just because the .ca link does load properly.

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

Could be the Borg firewall is what's caching the page. Try switching to PSSPROXY, see if that helps -- it usually worked better for me than the defaults.

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

Worked okay for me, for what it's worth.

I'd suggest trying in IE, but I just got to it from a Firefox/Linux combo, so that's probably not it.

[annathepiper]

I AM trying it in IE. :) IE on my work box is where I'm seeing the problem.

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

Huh, the error message mentions Mozilla. Smells like a clue to me, although I'm not sure where to go with it.

Try it in a Mozilla browser, maybe? :-)

[annathepiper]

*tries PSSPROXY* Hrmm. In the words of the elder Dr. Jones, "Our situation has not improved!" :)

The site admin claims it's okay on her end, so I'll try it when I get home, perhaps. If the problem clears up by tomorrow here at work, I'll blame it on the Borgnet being flaky--it's been weird all day in other ways as well.

[annathepiper]

Don't have one on my work box, unfortunately. I try not to install stuff on here since I'm an orange-badge; the only thing I've put on here is putty, which is a standalone executable and can easily be deleted. :)

I'm half-inclined to blame it on the Borgnet regardless; it'll be interesting to see if the problem clears up by tomorrow.

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

I'll blame it on the Borgnet being flaky

Doesn't that sort of go without saying? *innocent look*

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

No, that's actually how IE identifies itself, leftover from when Netscape compatibility was a good thing.

[annathepiper]

*snicker* Quite.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, I've been having scattershot luck getting to my usual daily sites today. But this one's the only one acting REALLY weirdly. :)

[smeehrrr.livejournal.com]

Works for me through borgproxy.

[smeehrrr.livejournal.com]

Also, your journal background makes me want to kill.

[annathepiper]

And it's still not working for me. Weird.

[annathepiper]

I'll get right on making a background featuring clowns and the Pope just for you. ;)

[solarbird]

Also, your journal background makes me want to kill.
Can I suggest targets?