Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:02:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from floodgap.com ([66.159.214.137] ident=elvis) by glockenspiel.complete.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) id 1HJfsU-0000DA-8o for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:02:40 -0600 Received: (from spectre@localhost) by floodgap.com (6.6.6.666.1/2007.01.03) id l1L11CmE008824 for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:01:12 -0800 From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com> Message-Id: <200702210101.l1L11CmE008824@floodgap.com> Subject: [gopher] Re: ascii art In-Reply-To: <381812.81115.qm@web35506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> from JumpJet Mailbox at "Feb 20, 7 04:19:32 pm" To: gopher@complete.org Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:01:12 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL39 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No (score 0.0): AWL=0.030 X-Virus-Scanned: by Exiscan on glockenspiel.complete.org at Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:02:40 -0600 X-archive-position: 1494 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: spectre@floodgap.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

> Interestingly, the Bucktooth Gopher Server (which is what Floodgap uses) > accepts some wildcard symbols (such as the "#" symbol) and will, for > example, return the root directory contents if you type: > gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/#

I did not evaluate the remainder of your message, but this analysis is not correct. What you're observing is a side effect of itemtype interpretation in URLs, and is not server specific (it also works with JumpJet). The # is not actually transmitted to the server; it is interpreted as the item type to a null request, which most browsers will interpret as an unknown item type and attempt to display as text. To prove that # is not salient to Bucktooth,

% nc gopher.floodgap.com 70 # 0'/#' doesn't exist! error.host 1 .

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