On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 02:08:56PM +0000, Ian Collier via Lynx-dev wrote: > Anyone have any insight on why lynx gets an instant 403 from > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ? It doesn't seem to be user-agent based. > What mechanism are they using to deny access?
It does seem to be at least partially due to user agent, but I'm not sure exactly what they're testing for. If I use the same user agent that my installed firefox uses, I get the 403, even though firefox gets in with the same user agent, but if I use a nasty message I won't show here (hoping to leave that message in the logs, in case they ever look at those logs), I get the page. I also get the page if I use an old Internet Explorer user agent or a sidekick or Blackberry user agent, but an Android one gets the 403. I've tried several of these multiple times, and the results seem to be consistent, so I have no idea what's going on. Just experiment with different ones, and something will get the page. -- My e-mail uses a whitelist and tags. If I've recently sent you e-mail, you're on a temporary whitelist. If you're not on my whitelist, your mail will bounce unless you use a tag (appended to the username, like unicorn+<tag>, where <tag> is a string of characters I've authorized). If that should happen, please see https://unicorn.sdf.org/HowToEmailMe.
