Re: [Lynx-dev] www.telegraph.co.uk

[Chuck Martin]

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.

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