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Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do

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On 11/29/11 3:28 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> Here is a list of URLs that a browser can read but that Java's HTTP
> get/head cannot.
>
> http://ask.com/
> http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/rnw/smac/2004/amsterdam_forum__chomsky_on_iraq_and_war_on_terror_20051216_low.rm
> http://www.akademika.no/
> http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/145/2004/en/b6ab0f58-d570-11dd-bb24-1fb85fe8fa05/amr511452004en.html
> http://www.bechtel.com/
> http://www.downloadplex.com/Submit-Software.html
> http://www.glish.com/css/7.asp
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx
> http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/time/clock2.htm
> http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/home/au/en
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1562772/David-Cameron-answers-your-questions.html
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
> https://player.helixcommunity.org/2008/help/playerfaq.html
> https://tsa.aloaha.com/
> https://wush.net/svn/mindprod
> https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/jopt-users
>
> Harvard is because they use their own SSL cert
> aloaha is a timestamp service
>
> Sometimes it is because they give some sort of failed response code
> but deliver the page anyway.
>
> Sometimes I sort out what screwy thing they are doing (e.g. circular
> redirects) and write, but they almost never correct the problem.
>
> In the days of the telephone, if you attached some device that was not
> behaving according to spec the telephone company would demand you
> disconnect it, and when you did they would reconnect service.  There
> seems to be no equivalent in the Internet world.

Have you tried spoofing a different User Agent value?

As far as SSL certs, it is possible to set up Java to accept specific certs.

Are you using the standard JDK URL classes, or have you tried using 
apache httpcore/httpclient?

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Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-29 15:28 -0800
  Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-29 15:41 -0800
    Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-29 16:36 -0800
      Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Ian Shef <invalid@avoiding.spam> - 2011-11-30 16:51 +0000
        Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-30 11:30 -0800
        Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-01 01:59 -0800
          Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 06:47 -0800
            Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-02 01:58 -0800
              Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 07:20 -0800
                Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-03 09:23 -0800
                Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-03 11:28 -0800
                Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-06 21:47 -0800
                Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 07:08 -0800
                Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-12-07 10:27 -0600

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