Github CI Scallywag Download Failure 403 Forbidden

[Jon Turney]

On 01/07/2022 01:32, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2022-06-26 22:46, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> Scallywag failing on a plain HTTP non-httpS download.
>> Ran twice same symptom - 403 Forbidden.
>>
>>> scallywag: running 'cygport download srcpackage'
>>> --2022-06-25 17:14:40-- 
>>> http://etallen.com/cpuid/cpuid-20220620.src.tar.gz
>>> Resolving etallen.com (etallen.com)... 69.65.28.126
>>> Connecting to etallen.com (etallen.com)|69.65.28.126|:80... connected.
>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
>>> 2022-06-25 17:14:40 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
>>> *** ERROR: wget http://etallen.com/cpuid/cpuid-20220620.src.tar.gz 
>>> failed
>>> Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
>>
>> Use to work just fine with previous releases.
>> Works just fine on my local system multiple ways and times.
>>
>> Has anyone seen anything indicating there could be problems with 
>> Github access to upstream or any use it makes of a proxy?
>>
>> I will raise the issue with the upstream to see if they are aware of 
>> any issues of that type.
> 
> Still failing after site owner updated cert.
This is not certificate issue.

403 means that the URL was valid, but the server refuses to give it to 
us by policy (often that means that the IP or user-agent is banned).