Error 404--Not Found

Error 404--Not Found

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.





Mark A. Miller, P.E., is President of DigiNet Corporation, a Denver-based consulting engineering firm providing services in internetwork design, strategic planning, network management and new product development. Mr. Miller is a Contributing Editor to Network World and a member of the Advisory Board for ComNet Conferences. Mark is the author of the eight-volume Network Troubleshooting Library series of books, published by IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., including Implementing IPv6 (1998). He is a frequent presenter at industry events, and has taught at ComNet, Computer Telephony Demo/Expo, Comdex, International Communication Association, Networld+Interop, Managing Enterprise Systems and Networks, Next Generation Networks and other conferences. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering, and is a registered professional engineer in four states.


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