WebCat 4.0.1 HTTP_REFERRER over 255 char bug
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I have checked and the instances of GPF's I am seeing do include longerthan 255 character referrers (the example I submitted through your bug-tracking software was 310 characters). Since this is a buffer overflowissue (probably) can we expect a quick fix? Also, I came in this AM and found that the system was incommunicado (webcatservice was running but all pages served through WebCat yielded 500 Error's). I have turned on debug logging again... ;~(John PeacockWebDNA Support wrote:> > >And where is it located for NT? I have reported multiple GPF's with> >4.0.1; I would think that at least something should be emitted to the> >ErrorLog prior to the DBServer.exe dying.> > It is in the same folder as DBServer.exe, because IIS does not give> us enough information to know where virtual roots are. As for GPFs,> by definition that is something that our code never sees, so there is> no error log entry for it. You can turn on extended debug logging in> the prefs to catch the last hit before a GPF. That writes out to a> file called WebCatalog.debug> > We have run into one repeatable GPF which involves a referrer longer> than 255 characters. It seems that newer browsers allow longer> referrer strings, so if you happen to have a