Re: Forbidden,,<p>You are not allowed to access this!</p>
On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 14:13:06 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
> Evelyn Pereira Souza <ContainerPi@disroot.org> wrote:
>
> > My guess is because I use a VPN.
> > Why Debian blocks VPNs?
>
> Because of repeated vandalism to the Wiki. At one point a decision had
> to be made to either restrict the access to certain IP ranges or make
> the whole Wiki read-only for everyone.
Somebody (not me) has also written this:
If you are wondering why a wiki has a blocklist in the first place, it is
due to technical limitations is the software (MoinMoin) that is used to
un the wiki: there is no way to set an IP-based blocklist that permits
banned IP's to read, but not write to the wiki. As such, we have to use
the higher-level kludge.
The OP should mail wiki@debian.org with an IP address.
--
Brian.
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