[5540] in SIPB bug reports
Re: websterd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@MIT.EDU)
Sat Sep 30 21:41:23 1995
From: mhpower@MIT.EDU
To: marc@MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "[5539] in SIPB bug reports"
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 95 21:41:07 EDT
> ... is it possible to have the daemon return an error message
>to the client (perhaps the definition for "Access Denied") ...
I'm not sure if it is or not. In the mail I sent to sipb-staff, I
said that:
> ... and they're not at MIT, they'll get
>the standard error message
>
> The webster servers have failed to answer the request to look up your word.
> This could be because the webster server is down, or because your word is
> too long and the server can't find it. Try looking up "tree" -- if that
> works, then you've probably misspelled your word. If it fails, then send
> mail to bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU to let the SIPB know that the servers are
> broken.
>
>i.e., the server doesn't try to inform the client that there's an IP
>address access issue. Possibly this message should be changed to
>mention the MIT-only behavior once it's present on all the servers.
In your opinion, is this adequate, or should we providing some more
optimal situation-specific reply to off-campus users? In other words,
I suggest changing this text to something like "If it fails and you're
at MIT (we don't allow non-MIT access), then send mail to bug-sipb..."
Matt
