Harry Maugans wrote:
On 3/28/07, Tom Molesworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd vote for 403 Forbidden.
The 300 series is to indicate a change although the content is valid.
400-series errors generally indicate that the returned content is not
what you were after in the first place.
Most proxy servers will return 403 if the user is not authenticated.
This is essentially the case here since permissions have been
suspended. The 403 error is often taken by clients to say that there
is a real problem that should be reported, rather than 302 etc. which
would mean that the service itself has changed but probably still
valid.
I agree. From a search engine optimization standpoint, if you feed the
search engine a 302, it will start indexing the suspended page, replacing
the original content (causing you to lose your rankings). Whereas if you
send it a 4xx error, it will keep the last found page in it's cache, and
check back periodically to see if normal has been restored yet.
Granted SEO might not be your intention, however the SEO standards side of
it does further support Tom's vote.
Good luck!
But anything other than a 3xx message would require the proxy to serve
the actual "suspension notice" page, not forward to it. It's just a
question of how well Squid will support this. Might be able to implement
it as a custom error page.
Thanks, folks.
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_Damien Bezborodow_
Applications Programmer
_Koala Telecom Pty Ltd_
Software Development
465 Morphett Street
Adelaide, SA 5000
Australia
