On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 12:04:53 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:36:47 +0100 > "Thomas Schmitt" <[email protected]> wrote: >
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/> > > Forbidden > > It's not just Ff-esr. It happens with my preferred browser, too. Blame > the hosting service Debian use; They appear to block anything deemed > 'unsafe' or 'too old'. > > It's easy to get around; Just spoof as a newer version of the browser. Does that ACTUALLY work? I have an incredibly hard time believing they're blocking with a 403 based on user agent, especially a user agent that's actually in Debian. (If they block on user agent, it would be an anti-bot measure, blocking user agents that are probably AI scraper bots in disguise.) I would find it much more credible if they're blocking based on your IP address. For the record, <https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/> works fine for me in firefox-esr 140.9.0esr-1~deb13u1 on Debian 13.
