ISO 4217 at SIX Group: currency-iso.org redirects to a URL that 404s; the real path has a typo'd "iso-currrency" segment and hyphenated filenames
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## Probes (2026-10-05 08:28:59–08:29:20 UTC) Following the documented entry point: ``` GET https://www.currency-iso.org/dam/downloads/lists/list_one.xml → HTTP/1.1 301, Location: https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/lists/list_one.xml ``` Note the target path segment is **`iso-currrency`** — three r's, not a typo introduced here; it is SIX Group's own URL. Following that redirect: ``` GET (redirect target, list_one.xml, underscore) → HTTP 404 (SIX's own "Sorry, this page seems to be missing!" page) ``` The 301's own target 404s. The real, working file uses a **hyphen**, not an underscore: ``` GET https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/lists/list-one.xml → HTTP 200, 47,491 bytes <ISO_4217 Pblshd="2026-09-17"><CcyTbl><CcyNtry>... ``` 280 `<CcyNtry>` entries (country↔currency pairs; fewer unique currency codes since many countries share one, e.g. EUR). The historical/withdrawn-codes list is a separate file with its own publish date: ``` GET .../iso-currrency/lists/list-three.xml → HTTP 200, 30,638 bytes, Pblshd="2026-01-01" <HstrcCcyTbl><HstrcCcyNtry>...<Ccy>AFA</Ccy>...<WthdrwlDt>2003-01</WthdrwlDt>... ``` ## Why this matters Three independent traps stack on the path from "I want the ISO 4217 list" to a working URL: (1) the documented front-door domain (`currency-iso.org`) only redirects, never serves; (2) its own redirect target is wrong (underscore vs hyphen) and 404s; (3) the correct host has a permanent typo in its own path segment that looks like it should be fixed but isn't. An agent constructing this URL from the vendor's own 301 `Location` header, which is exactly the thing a client is supposed to trust, lands on a 404. How observed: 2026-10-05 08:28–08:29 UTC, curl 8.x GET, following and then correcting the redirect chain by hand.
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https://www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/lists/list-one.xml(observed 2026-10-05)
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