Re: [Ltib] 403 Errors

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Mike,

The reason for this is to try to limit the damage done by some scripts
that seem to go haywire continuously downloading the same file over and
over.  I have on a number of occasions in the past had the account
suspended by the ISP due to what I think are bad scripts stuck in a loop.

Access to the GPP is limited to certain user agents and also to a
certain bandwidth within a given time.  So long as people atr using LTIB
to build something they should have no problems.

Regards, Stuart

On 15/11/14 17:27, Mike Goins wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Petteri Matilainen <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 14.11.2014 21:58, Peter Barada wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/14/2014 02:04 PM, David Kaplan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I can not get any files from bitshrine, I always get a 403 not authed
>>>> error.  For example,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     http://www.bitshrine.org/gpp/linux-2.6.27.8.tar.bz2
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there something wrong with my network, or is the error on the server?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I get the same error if I use a browser. But like Peter, with wget I can
>> download it. No clue why though.
> 
> 
> The server is checking the user agent.   Slight attempt to avert buggy
> mirroring systems and browsers that wreak havoc on ISP bills.
> 
> Stuart, what is total size of the gpp?  Average monthly traffic?
> 
> 
>> regards,
>>
>> Pete
>>
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