HTTP Status Code 418

Posted by fmax30 on Sunday January 12, 2014 @09:06AM
from the howtogeek.com dept.

http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/if-youve-received-http-status-code-418-it-means-the-server-is/

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Re:HTTP Status Code 418 by tiquorsj on Sunday January 12, 2014 @09:50AM (#7046126)

I return this as a status code for bad bots. It is my way of saying go sing the "teapot" song.

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Re:HTTP Status Code 418 by neur0mancer on Sunday January 12, 2014 @10:29AM (#7046210)

In certain CTF, for example SQL injection challenges, the target webpage returns 418 to make more difficult the success of blind injection scripts (they will fail randomly, so you have to check that the return code is weird and retry)

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Re:HTTP Status Code 418 by cookiem0nster on Sunday January 12, 2014 @09:52AM (#7046131)

If the NSA is hacking into your site - that's the code to use :)

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Re:HTTP Status Code 418 by citruspi on Sunday January 12, 2014 @10:16AM (#7046176)

I return that status code for requests that aren't made over SSL, but only for sites which aren't meant for use by the general public.

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