[5541] in SIPB bug reports
Re: websterd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Sat Sep 30 21:50:21 1995
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 21:50:00 -0400
To: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
Cc: mhpower@MIT.EDU, bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "[5539] in SIPB bug reports"
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
>So, since it appears that people outside MIT are using websterd and
>complaining, is it possible to have the daemon return an error message
>to the client (perhaps the definition for "Access Denied") instead of
>just punting? I suspect so, but I don't know the protocol.
I would like to suggest the following content, with apologies
to R.M. Supnik, adjusted to contain some more information.:
There appears before you a threatening figure clad
all over in heavy black armor. His legs seem like
the massive trunk of the oak tree. His broad
shoulders and helmeted head loom high over your own
puny frame, and you realize that his powerful arms
could easily crush the very life from your body.
There hangs from his belt a veritable arsenal of
deadly weapons: sword, mace, ball and chain,
dagger, lance, and trident. He speaks with a
commanding voice:
You shall not pass.
As he grabs you by the neck all grows dim about you.
--jhawk
