[Search-l] and it (officially) begins, 24 years late

Wed Aug 13 23:39:23 UTC 2008

I think Google has some problems figuring out the Perl code for opting out:

GET /cgi-bin/optoutgoogle.pl HTTP/1.1
Host: optout.doubleclick.net
Referer: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Cookie: id=OPT_OUT

HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
Content-Length: 206
Content-Type: text/html
Location: 
http://optout.doubleclick.net/cgi-bin/optoutgoogle.pl?action=test&state=opt_out
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
action = opt_out at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 74.
sub SetCookie at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 235.
sub Log at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 254.
sub ID at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 281.
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at C: 
\www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 268.
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Set-Cookie: id=OPT_OUT; domain=.doubleclick.net; path=/; 
expires=Wednesday, 09-Nov-2030 23:59:00 GMT
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:27:52 GMT

<head><title>Document Moved</title></head>
<body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a 
HREF="http://optout.doubleclick.net/cgi-bin/optoutgoogle.pl?action=test&amp;state=opt_out">here</a></body>

GET /cgi-bin/optoutgoogle.pl?action=test&state=opt_out HTTP/1.1
Host: optout.doubleclick.net
Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Cookie: id=OPT_OUT

HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
Content-Length: 172
Content-Type: text/html
Location: http://www.google.com/privacy_optout_success.html
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
action = test at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 101.
Succeeded to opt out at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 130.
sub Log at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 254.
sub ID at C: \www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 281.
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at C: 
\www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl line 268.
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:27:49 GMT

More errors can be gathered if you go directly to the URL
GET /cgi-bin/optoutgoogle.pl HTTP/1.0
Host: optout.doubleclick.net

HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
Content-Length: 161
Content-Type: text/html
Location: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at C: 
\www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogl
e.pl line 19.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C: 
\www\cgi-bin\opt
outgoogle.pl line 34.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C: 
\www\cgi-bin\opt
outgoogle.pl line 34.
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at C: 
\www\cgi-bin\optoutgoogle.pl
line 34.
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:26:43 GMT
Connection: keep-alive

I have tried to notify them so it will probably be fixed shortly.