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    Rampant '406 Not Acceptable'. ModSecurity?

    In case anyone is following this, I submitted a bug report to ModSecurity CRS. The response was basically "not a bug" / "won't fix". I am indeed in the process of switching hosts now. It's been good times.
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    Rampant '406 Not Acceptable'. ModSecurity?

    Want to verify this absurdity for yourself? It's trivial. Head over to the official ModSecurity Core Rule Set Demo and attempt to POST the text: ## testing function test() { In response you'll receive this lovely claim: "Anomaly Score Exceeded (score 5): Remote Command Execution (RCE)...
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    Rampant '406 Not Acceptable'. ModSecurity?

    On a serious note, I've used x10hosting for years now, and I've had very few complaints. So thanks for that. Why am I popping up now, when ModSecurity was installed many moons ago? Well, I haven't been actively updating my site. I mean, I saw these errors previously, and they prevented me from...
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    Rampant '406 Not Acceptable'. ModSecurity?

    It's funny. When I do searches for ModSecurity, all I find are countless choruses chanting its praise. When I do searches for the problems caused by ModSecurity, all I find are innumerable unfortunates stumbling through the dark lamenting their misfortune.
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    Rampant '406 Not Acceptable'. ModSecurity?

    Not at all. I use dotclear, not wordpress. No outbound links are being posted. What's happening is simple. I'm posting some markdown containing a code block. I narrowed the problem down to curly braces with whitespace around them. Evidently modsecurity seems to think this constitutes an attack.
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    Rampant '406 Not Acceptable'. ModSecurity?

    I case you were wondering, I'm not the only person posting to this forum recently regarding spurious 406 errors. I just hope, that unlike bex208x1 and hqforumx (twice), I am not left to languish in this prison of dead silence. Absolutely any additional information is yours for the asking...
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    Rampant '406 Not Acceptable'. ModSecurity?

    This is madness. I believe it's connected with ModSecurity. Please correct whatever has gone horribly wrong at your earliest convenience. General: Remote Address:198.91.81.2:80 Request URL:http://bitmote.com/admin/post.php Request Method:POST Status Code:406 Not Acceptable Response Headers...
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