Re: web site giving me abuse messge

I have since learned that there was a configuration problem on the W3C 
server that led to a number of people being blocked. The configuration 
issue has been fixed but there may be residual effects causing your 
browser to go into an infinite redirect loop on the W3C site, which is 
what led to the peppering block (if I understood the issue properly). 
You may need to clear some history and restart your browser if this is 
affecting you:

* Firefox:
   History -> Clear Recent History -> Site Preference

* Chrome / Opera:
   go to: chrome://net-internals/#hsts
   Under the "Delete domain" section type in the Domain field
"www.w3.org" and click on the "Delete" button.

If you have done this and are still blocked from the W3C site, send me 
your IP address and I'll see about getting it unblocked. The block will 
time out at some point so hopefully if you do nothing, the site will 
become available again in a little bit.

Michael

On 09/01/2015 9:27 AM, Michael Cooper wrote:
> The link in the error message provides the explanation.
>
> Normally this affects people at large corporations behind a shared IP 
> address. It can affect people whose ISPs aggregate IP addresses as 
> well, which is what I expect is happening for you. Unfortunately 
> there's not much we or you can do in that case. Maybe ask your ISP for 
> a different IP, or use a proxy. I have complained repeatedly to the 
> systems people about the issues this causes for legitimate users, but 
> there is a real problem with bots peppering the W3C server, so they 
> have not budged on this policy.
>
> Michael
>
> On 09/01/2015 7:35 AM, David MacDonald wrote:
>>
>> ​I keep getting this error message when going to the WCAG techniques
>>
>> ======
>>
>>
>>   Forbidden due to abuse
>>
>> Access to this resource is denied due toabuse from your IP address 
>> <http://www.w3.org/Help/abuse-info/re-reqs.html>.
>>
>> It of particular interest that it says
>>
>> "Specifically, we received at least 500 requests for the same 
>> resource (URI) from your IP address within a ten-minute time interval..."
>>
>> ========
>> ​
>> I admit I love our techniques but 500 visits in 10 minutes?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> David MacDonald
>>
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