Re: [Security-Discuss] MandrakeSoft Security RSS feed

On 7-Dec-04, at 9:47 AM, Jean-Pierre Denis wrote:

>>>>>  I am having a problem with the MandrakeSoft Security RSS feed.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Since a week or so I get the following "Xml error: mismatched
>>>>> tag-63". I
>>>>> haven't change anything on my website so I am wondering ...
>>>>>
>>>>>  I use the RSS on :
>>>>>  http://www.msfree.ca/tiki-index.php?page=Security+Advisories
>>>>>
>>>>>  I tried to find another website that use the Security RSS to
>>>>>  see if they had the same problem but I was unable to find any.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, I think a number of people get the feeds directly in RSS
>>>> readers... I have it in mine here (one called NewsFire for OS X) 
>>>> and I
>>>> have no problems with the feed.
>>>>
>>> Clicking on the above link using Mozilla 1.73 produces the error:
>>>
>>> Xml error: mismatched tag-63
>>>
>>> The page is displayed, but the error is display in the upper left 
>>> hand
>>> corner
>>> of the page.
>>
>> Ok, I'll take a look at it when I get a chance.
>>
>
>  Now that many advisories came out, the error message changed to
>  " Xml error: mismatched tag-145 ".
>
>  There most be something in the xml that tikiwiki dosen't like but
>  as I said previously everything was working fine before the last bunch
>  of advisories came out.

Wierd.

>  I tried with 4 different browser ( safari, mozilla, firefox & IE )
>  on 3 different plaform ( linux, win, OSX ) so I don't think it's a
>  browser issue. I haven't found anything in the tikiwiki archives.

But none of that will matter if tikiwiki is parsing the feed.  You need 
to try another RSS reader.  Maybe tikiwiki isn't tolerant of certain 
things like other readers are.

>  I assume that It will go away when more advisories will come out.

One can hope... =)

> Vince, no rush there. I didn't send this to have it fix or look at but
> more to know if I was crazy or not ;)

I think tikiwiki is crazy... not you... =)

But I've heard other reports now of there being issues so there might 
be something in the way the XML feed is generated (dynamically) or due 
to a certain advisory.  Hard to tell, but I'll need to look at it at 
some point I guess (just not today).

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