What is this 'error' message?
 

I've been getting this for about 2 weeks. Never saw it before that.

"Failure! I was trying to decode:

and got this error:
didn't find Auth-Data in header:

Happens when I try to load or refresh a Pelican BBS page. Usually when things are slow.

As long as I am asking stupid ?'s, what is eRam that is made fun of on the 911 BBS?

Milt,

This is a common error...

Translated into human speak means... "Something bad just happened. Mash keys in fustration and re-load the page. If this fails to resolve the issue, spend more money upgrading to Windows version you don't have."

99% of error messages these days are worthless! Don't tell you a damn thing. ...and if you haven't figured it out already, I have no idea what that means, perhaps a resident propeller-head can help.

It means you have been surfing too many porn sites...:D

...and didn't post any pics for us...

Hah! Only did that once. That's when I found out how they grab your system. Had to reboot just to get out of there! Anytime I see something seizing my system, I'm gone.

I know these are not technical terms. Let me be a bit more informative. I'm still on a dial up; a major/popular ISP that provides excellent firewall and filtering. So, when something is weird and I suspect I'm being invaded, I cut it short then and there.

But, that wasn't the question, was it? This all started about when Wayne was reconfiguring his site. 2-3 weeks ago.

I got majorly hacked when I was on cable modem. I relied on the ISP firewall which I found out is useless. Totally f-ed up my hard drive. Only recourse was to re-format.

I have a wireless system which has a firewall, ISP firewall and a firewall/anti-virus software...totally paranoid now. It keeps track of how many hack attemps...I have had as many as 200 in one day. It records where they come from and I typically will send emails to ISP'ers to inform them of their customers illegal activity.

To get back to your original question...don't know. Don't you just love these value added posts?

Check for a loose nut behind the keyboard.

That's very helpfull. Thanks so much for your input. I'll sure try.