Hi. On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 15:37:12 -0400 German <gentger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I had some discussion on some message board. After a while I got > > > > banned for no obvious reason. So I have decided to create another > > > > account with a free proxy, cleaned my cookies and continue to do > > > > some conversations with a members with which I have enjoyed > > > > talking. I successfully created account with web proxy, could > > > > logging in, but can't post on the message board. The message I > > > > got was that I am not permitted to post. So, I believe that the > > > > server can identify me somehow. Any ideas what can be done in > > > > this situation so I can post? Thank so much for all of your > > > > insights. > > > > > > It's not impossible that they detected the proxy and won't allow > > > postings from it. > > > > Or it's possible that the proxy in question sends that funny > > X-Forwarded-For HTTP header which contains the original IP *and* the > > message board checks it too. > > I still think that it is nothing to do with proxies. Might that be that > my computer name is filtered or as I said earlier the whole linux > system is subject to filtering? It's possible. Every time you use a browser you're telling everyone interested that you're using Linux. It's a part of User-Agent string. And it's easy to change (using privoxy on your own PC) regardless of the browser you're using. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150605000557.149cbd4e81f7e92d02af0...@gmail.com