500 Internal Error - Strange Message

[darryl84]

I clicked on a youtube link and got a random 500 internal error screen pop up, i print screened it and hosted it below:

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9171/server500errorstrangen.jpg

I clicked on the same link again and the link directed me as usual... Strange, anyone else had something like this happen to their computer before? lol :D

[dreamweaver]

They're onto you. Run! :eek:

[smariot]

Web servers send 500 errors when the program they execute to generate the page you requested dies without actually generating the page.

It might be because of a programming mistake, or it might have needed some resource (file, memory, database lock) and couldn't get it.

Since it worked after reloading the page, it was most likely the later.

The garbage at the end of the message is probably a description of what went wrong. It looks like it's encoded in base-64, and might possibly even be encrypted. Don't worry about it, it's probably made unreadable as a precaution in case the error message contains information about the server's internals, so that they can't be used by an attacker -- for example, an error message might contain a failed sql query, which might include a password or some user's personal information.

[paradise_1000]

lol I have never seen a 500 message that says a team of highly trained monkeys will be dispatched to deal with the situation :D

[darryl84]

Web servers send 500 errors when the program they execute to generate the page you requested dies without actually generating the page.

It might be because of a programming mistake, or it might have needed some resource (file, memory, database lock) and couldn't get it.

Since it worked after reloading the page, it was most likely the later.

The garbage at the end of the message is probably a description of what went wrong. It looks like it's encoded in base-64, and might possibly even be encrypted. Don't worry about it, it's probably made unreadable as a precaution in case the error message contains information about the server's internals, so that they can't be used by an attacker -- for example, an error message might contain a failed sql query, which might include a password or some user's personal information.

Cheers for the information. Do 500 messages usually state 'A team of highly trained monkeys have been dispatched to deal with the situation'?

[dmt head]

Cheers for the information. Do 500 messages usually state 'A team of highly trained monkeys have been dispatched to deal with the situation'?

Ive seen the highly trained monkeys message in the past!

[darryl84]

Ive seen the highly trained monkeys message in the past!

It did ring a bell, but i'd thought i'd check just to make sure! :D

[majorlee]

lol

u can create these yourself if u own your own website!

its just a pisstake

[holy_wood]

had this too...

this is normal :)

clean up your cookies, and clean your cache too :)