how to prevent apache2 under ubuntu 12.10 from blocking HTML Frames?

[dvks]

How can I prevent Apache from blocking HTML frames:

I have my website A installed on /var/www/A
I have 3rd party website B installed on /var/www/B
Pages on website A include HTML frames that reference pages on website B
When connecting to A from a local LAN the frames are working and showing the pages from B
When connecting to A from the Internet frames doesn't work and instead I get timeout messages.

I suspect that it relates to X-FRAME directives but not sur if this is the problem or the only problem.
I already modified the 3rd party website and remove from page "template.php" the line-
Header(‘X-Frame-Options: Sameorigin’);

This made it possible to open the pages on the LAN but still can't open them when connecting from the internet

Tried also to look for X-Frame under .htaccess but not sure I am looking at the right places.

I appreciate any help since I am lost at this point.
Thanks.

[theDaveTheRave]

Are you able to navigate to web site B directly (without passing through from site A) ?

If so an #include statement in our html file should do the trick.

Can you post a snippet of code for how you currently get the page to display inside of A.

Also depending on how you 'display' the embeded pages from siteB in the frame of siteA may make a difference in Apache.

are you using the actual < web address > of the siteB page, or are you using a < relative filesystem link >, if you are using a filesystem link this will not very likely work from the net

David

[dvks]

Are you able to navigate to web site B directly (without passing through from site A) ?

If so an #include statement in our html file should do the trick.

Can you post a snippet of code for how you currently get the page to display inside of A.

Also depending on how you 'display' the embeded pages from siteB in the frame of siteA may make a difference in Apache.

are you using the actual < web address > of the siteB page, or are you using a < relative filesystem link >, if you are using a filesystem link this will not very likely work from the net

David

David , I appreciate your feedback, thanks. Yes I can navigate to website B directly, not through A. The PHP line that does the frame is==> echo "</br><IFRAME SRC= 'http://" . "$ipaddr" . "/B' WIDTH='90%' HEIGHT='600'></IFRAME></br></br>"; as you can see, yes I am using the actual web address (placed in $ipaddr ) and not a relative file system address. by the way for some reason I can't get the line feed work on this browser I hope that my feedback is not a total mess.

[morgandival]

It could be the way you have nested your quote marks.

echo '</br><IFRAME SRC="http://' . $ipaddr . '/B" width="1000" height="600"></IFRAME></br></br>';

Also, the width and height attributes of the iframe tag only take pixel values.

[morgandival]

The style attribute can be applied to achieve the desired effect:

echo '</br><IFRAME SRC="http://' . $ipaddr . '/B" style="width:90%; height:600px"></IFRAME></br></br>';

[dvks]

It works when I connect from another computer on my LAN it doesn't work only when I connect from the Internet so I assume it is not a syntax or address or the size of the frame but some kind of security setting issue?

[dvks]

You lost me, is this the solution for having the frame being blocked when connecting from the internet but ok when connecting from the local LAN?

[morgandival]

When you get the error message, is it just the IFrame that shows the error, or the whole page?

[dvks]

It is an IFRAME problem

[GordThompson]

The PHP line that does the frame is==> echo "</br><IFRAME SRC= 'http://" . "$ipaddr" . "/B' WIDTH='90%' HEIGHT='600'></IFRAME></br></br>"; as you can see, yes I am using the actual web address (placed in $ipaddr ) and not a relative file system address.
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It works when I connect from another computer on my LAN it doesn't work only when I connect from the Internet

Does $ipaddr contain the server's private local IP address (e.g., 192.168.x.y or 10.x.y.z), or does it contain the public external IP address?