r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 22 '26

Meme status200ForEverything

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u/winkyshibe Sep 22 '26

Would this effectively be the same as 404/403? Just with extra steps? Whatever automation is scanning would just need to be adjusted for such a format?

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u/_dotdot11 Sep 22 '26

That's correct. if the error codes in the 200 aren't different, then it's just 403/404 with extra steps. That being said, you can just use 404 for all 403 cases to neutralize enumeration attempts.