Re: Suspicious Debian 10.0.0 download behaviour.
I just tried the 1st link and it works fine, I tried the second link
and I get a 404 not found.
The distrowatch link in the reply above works as it should, there is
no 403 forbidden on that page for me.
Cheers.
Michael.
On 09/08/2019, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Rick wrote:
>> when I tried to download Debian 10.0.0 via Distrowatch I was surprised to
>> be
>> asked for my admin password at the end of the download plus there was
>> another window requesting something else.
>> [...]
>> The original download link from Distrowatch was:
>> (1)https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-gnome.iso
>> [cdimage.debian.org]
>> This redirected to the following Swedish site:
>> (2)https://caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso/
>> [caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se]
>
> I tested
>
> wget
> https://caesar.ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/10.0.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.0.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso
>
> which asked for no passwords and popped no windows.
> So it has to be assumed that your download procedure is to blame.
>
> What operating system did you use for downloading ?
> What download tool (web browser) ?
>
> How did you get around the 403 "Forbidden" error when trying to view
> https://distrowatch.com/
> by a web browser ?
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>
>
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