Post by @ryanc@infosec.exchange

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@ryanc@infosec.exchange 8 hr. ago

Who is the joker who decided to return HTTP 418 (I'm a teapot) for attempts to buy tickets from Ryanair?

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bytebro

@bytebro@mastodonapp.uk 8 hr. ago

@ryanc

That was a fabulous rabbit-hole to drop down. I had no idea, thanks.

If, like me, you've not come across RFC2324, it lives here:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2324/

RFC 2324: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0) | RFC Editor

This document describes HTCPCP, a protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Imran Nazar ~ عمران نزر

@Two9A@hachyderm.io 8 hr. ago

@bytebro @ryanc This isn't an authorised use of HTCPCP's tea-serving extension, mind: if Ryanair are attempting to advertise that they serve tea from the tickets endpoint, they should return 300.

[Source: I wrote the tea-serving extension, RFC 7168.]

Szescstopni

@Szescstopni@circumstances.run 3 hr. ago

@Two9A Thanks for this great contribution to the Internet. The IgNobel committee should have awarded you for helping to understand how Internet could work in a perfect world. @bytebro @ryanc