mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> A little riddle. Probably about an infinite loop.
> 
> 
> >From a previous session, I found this order:
> <<
> http://ted.publications.eu.int/official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323824
> >>
> 
> and clicked on the link to actualize immediately (not via wwwofflecontrol refresh) 
> it, and see what it is.
> 
> The wwwoffle said something like 'Can't refresh POST or PUT actions'.
> 
> Next i activated the 'fetch' via control, then looked up the http index.
> I found a page containing (translated):
> <<
> Your request for
> http://ted.publications.eu.int/official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41349998
> was stored as order. 
> >>

Is this a WWWOFFLE message page?

> I tried to refresh the page there manually.
> 
> wwwoffle said the usual 'Really repeat POSTDATA ?' thing.

This is not a message from WWWOFFLE, it is a message from the browser.

You should not be getting this because fetching the page will not
cause a POST request to be sent.  The only thing that I can think is
that somehow loading the page causes some form data to be POSTed,
perhaps with Javascript.

> Then there was a download, but the page didn't appear.
> However, the download wasn't ending, and there was about 10% upload data.
> After a 2 minutes or so i disconnected the link.
> 
> In the pages root domain index, i found 256 entries that wasn't there before, all 
> like 
> <<
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.4132371e
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323720
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323722
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323723
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323725
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323726
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323728
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.4132372a
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.4132372b
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.4132372d
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.4132372e
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323730
> #  /official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41323732
> >>

I can see from the URL that these POSTed forms all have the same POST
data (the 'S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ' is a hash value created from the
data) and they were sent at slightly different times (the 4132371e,
41323720 are the UNIX time in hex).  They were sent nearly once per
second.

> which all contain:
> <<
> Your request for
> http://ted.publications.eu.int/official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:S1h5seDYwwmARx0IHNAPSQ.41349998
> was stored as order. 
> >>

> There was no more fetch order in the index, and no abonementat all. 
> 
> There's but one different page in the cache index:
> <<
> http://ted.publications.eu.int/official/SettingSessionVariables?!POST:skGdEmK816tU5B9sv9eYGQ.41349d19
> >>
> 
> and this page showd me when clicked the news content for a bout a second, then it 
> faded away
> for the above message, and the content couldn't be recalled again.

You should try using the 'info' buttons from the index so that you can
see the contents of the reply that has come back from the server.
This might make it clear what the page contained and will not cause it
to be displayed by the browser in such a way that it can automatically
redirect to another page or run the Javascript.

> Also, the 'bakcwards' button from the broser didn't work on this page, it always 
> shows the same
> message, not turning back to the content neither to the index.

Can you give me a URL and instructions on how you started on this
path so that I can try and replicate it.

-- 
Andrew.
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