Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:33:20 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: weird 403 (forbidden) website access issue Message-ID: <ba457b4a-3362-d9e0-4b8a-c6204937819d@dreamchaser.org>
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Totally bewildered by a 403 error attempting to access a website I created
several years ago and haven't touched (or accessed) in ages. Administered
and hosted at greengeeks.com
11.3-RELEASE-p6
Using firefox 74.0:
The addr (www.ovandoschool.org) resolves to 69.175.87.226
If I type in 69.175.87.226 in the address bar, I get a 403 error
with a note
69.175.87.226/cp_errordocument.shtml (port 80)
Seems to be accessible fine from windows machines going through the same
fbsd 11.3-RELEASE-P6 gateway (not the same system as the one with the
browser having the problem).
If I manually access from the failing fbsd system, it works:
$ telnet 69.175.87.226 80
Trying 69.175.87.226...
Connected to chi-node42.websitehostserver.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.ovandoschool.org
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: Keep-Alive
X-Pingback: http://www.ovandoschool.org/xmlrpc.php
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Link: <http://www.ovandoschool.org/>; rel=shortlink
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:04:40 GMT
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
203a
<!DOCTYPE html>
etc.
I have noscript installed, but if I turn off all restrictions for the
accessing tab, I get the same result.
I tried opera and get the same result, kinda; the tab shows a "403 Forbidden"
error and I get a blank screen.
I tried chrome but when it loads all I get is a blank window.
Any thoughts on what might be causing this?
Why would a browser report a 403 error when telnet doesn't?
Thanks for any insights,
Gary
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