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usonian

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5. For a well-run site, 403's are almost always temporary hiccups.

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:25 PM

Mar 2023

Non-techies may be astounded by the different devices, internet "hops", and software (thousands of lines of it) that a simple request traverses. Any glitch in any piece of software, or any router or other device can slow or stop your request until it's fixed.

I just found 12 hops to DU from my computer.
Interestingly, www.democraticunderground.com turned out to be
www.democraticunderground.com.cdn.cloudflare.net
So cloudflare is in the mix, as well, and cloudflare is a complete mystery to me.

And there are more hops inside cloudflare and from cloudflare to the DU servers.
Any caching server (cdn means content delivery network) is subject to invalid cached content as pages change behind it. So is the cache in your browser, which is why people say to clear caches.

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Can't get onto DU with my laptop. FIXED itself this morning. [View all] rzemanfl Mar 2023 OP

my 403 forbidden message just cleard.. asiliveandbreathe Mar 2023 #1

I will try waiting it out for a bit. rzemanfl Mar 2023 #2

... Kali Mar 2023 #3

Thank you! rzemanfl Mar 2023 #6

I hear that! Kali Mar 2023 #8

Have you completely closed out your browser and relaunched it? TexasTowelie Mar 2023 #4

Yes. This appears to be something on rzemanfl Mar 2023 #7

For a well-run site, 403's are almost always temporary hiccups. usonian Mar 2023 #5

My firefox updated itself today and while I did not get any errors- Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #9