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<DIV>I ran into the same problem and stop visiting VLC because of it. I got tired of seeing forbidden when going to the home page. I suspect this issue is more widespread than the VLC group thinks. Hopefully it gets cleared up since whereever I try it from I get the forbidden error.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>-Tony<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 11/1/11, Guy Perkins <I><me@atdotmedotuk.me.uk></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Guy Perkins <me@atdotmedotuk.me.uk><BR>Subject: Re: [vlc] can't register in forum<BR>To: "'Mailing list for VLC media player users'" <vlc@videolan.org><BR>Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 1:34 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Konstantin<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Yes the Forum Videolan 403 page is certainly a bit more useful.<BR>This does seem to reinforce the need for either information for users to<BR>self diagnose or some sort of removal request link that retrieves the<BR>clientside info required. I'm not on IRC sorry (and won't be)<BR>Re the IP address. I can access all the pages without issue with FF from<BR>the same machines & also my Samsung Galaxy droid phone over the same IP.<BR>So in this instance it does appear to be an IE8 client issue.<BR>Makes me smile that the link <A href="http://www.flameeyes.eu/projects/modsec" target=_blank>http://www.flameeyes.eu/projects/modsec</A><BR>experiences the same issue(Forbidden), even www.flameeyes.eu. :)<BR>(Reminds me of the good time years ago when modem manufacturers shipped<BR>without drivers & said, "well, just download them")<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>(FYI - User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0;
Windows NT 5.1;<BR>Trident/4.0) IP Address: 92.29.67.219)<BR><BR>Guy<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="http://us.mc1136.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vlc-bounces@videolan.org" ymailto="mailto:vlc-bounces@videolan.org">vlc-bounces@videolan.org</A> [mailto:<A href="http://us.mc1136.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vlc-bounces@videolan.org" ymailto="mailto:vlc-bounces@videolan.org">vlc-bounces@videolan.org</A>] On<BR>Behalf Of Konstantin Pavlov<BR>Sent: 01 November 2011 06:38<BR>To: Mailing list for VLC media player users<BR>Subject: Re: [vlc] can't register in forum<BR><BR><BR>On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 12:57:22AM -0000, Guy Perkins wrote:<BR>> Hi<BR>> <BR>> >From what I know and can work out.<BR>> Firtsly, it seems to be to do with the blacklist used.<BR><BR>Indeed.<BR><BR>> Secondly, There is no information from devs about the blacklist <BR>> service used to allow users to try and help sort it.<BR><BR>Yeah, this was really
frustrating for our users to see a blank page with<BR>weird error. I have fixed forum.videolan.org to show more meaningful<BR>webpage when this happens ( <A href="http://forum.videolan.org/403.html" target=_blank>http://forum.videolan.org/403.html</A> ).<BR><BR>Unfortunately I found no way to provide information why the user was<BR>blocked; so the only way to find that out is to come on IRC as suggested<BR>and ask me or other admins for help. <BR><BR>Most of the time the IP addresses of users are banned as DNS blacklist<BR>services list those as spam bots or open proxies.<BR><BR>> Lastly, This is the bit that I won't nail my hat on, but rather, it's <BR>> based on what I have tried. (with a pointer from Remi). User <BR>> agent...But..Not user agent alone, as if you try to resolve by <BR>> stripping .net and other extensions from a legitimate IE8 string, to <BR>> leave a bare IE8 string. No cigar, same 403. Tested IE8 strings in
FF,<BR><BR>> but will return 403 in FF, so cannot establish if string blanketley <BR>> rejected, or if is detected as browser behaving as different to agent <BR>> & so rejected.<BR><BR>I think there might be a bug in our security system, so the best way to<BR>debug IE8 issue is to come on IRC and chat with me. I don't have a<BR>windows machine to test myself, unfortunately.<BR><BR>> Really need some method of either having access to blacklist provider <BR>> to solve, or conduit/facility to provide info for Devs to forward to <BR>> provider to resolve.<BR><BR>Sure. We're using <A href="http://www.flameeyes.eu/projects/modsec" target=_blank>http://www.flameeyes.eu/projects/modsec</A> by the way.<BR><BR>> Well understood that Devs far too busy to mess about with this, but, <BR>> guys, us users hands are tied here. We are ***sing in the wind.<BR>> <BR>> Just to clarify, I am happy and willing to pursue and put the
effort <BR>> in, not only for myself, but for others too. So please do not see this<BR><BR>> as me wanting to add to devs workload. We are just frustrated and <BR>> would really like to resolve this.<BR><BR>Sure.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Konstantin Pavlov<BR>VideoLAN team ______________________________________________________<BR>vlc mailing list<BR>To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:<BR><A href="http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc" target=_blank>http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc</A><BR><BR>______________________________________________________<BR>vlc mailing list<BR>To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:<BR><A href="http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc" target=_blank>http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>