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dragonwriter on Aug 16, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Campaign for a new HTTP Error code: 451 - Blocked ...

> The client has not erred by requested a document that exists and which the server can technically provide

The client has erred in requesting a document which the server is legally forbidden to provide to that client. As specified for 403, the server understands the request and refuses to fulfill it.

Admittedly, a hypothetical 6xx Third-Party Interference series of error codes might be useful for these kind of cases (and some instances currently handled by 503.)

nailer on Aug 16, 2013 [–]

>> The client has erred

> The client has not erred... the server understands the request and refuses to fulfill it.

As I see it, the server is not refusing anything. +1 6xx Third-Party Interference.

Let's just agree to disagree.

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