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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:35:27 +0000
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Subject: Re: 403 - Forbidden on gitweb pages
From: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
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On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Every so often (a few percent of the time, I think) I get "403 -
> > Forbidden" from following a link on http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/.
> > So far, a reload has always worked first time, but there's definitely
> > something fishy in there.  I don't recall exactly when this started
> > happening, maybe a month or so back; it hasn't been there all along.
> >
> > Anybody else see this, or have an idea what broke?
>
> Yes, I see this also.  I reported it to Magnus, who muttered something
> about Varnish possibly misbehaving, but that was the end of it.
>
>
He told me it was intentional rate limiting, applied because gitweb is so
inefficient.


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<br><br>On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Alvaro Herrera  wrote:<br><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex">Tom Lane wrote:<br>
&gt; Every so often (a few percent of the time, I think) I get &quot;403 -<=
br>
&gt; Forbidden&quot; from following a link on <a href=3D"http://git.postgre=
sql.org/gitweb/" target=3D"_blank">http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/</a>.<b=
r>
&gt; So far, a reload has always worked first time, but there&#39;s definit=
ely<br>
&gt; something fishy in there. =C2=A0I don&#39;t recall exactly when this s=
tarted<br>
&gt; happening, maybe a month or so back; it hasn&#39;t been there all alon=
g.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Anybody else see this, or have an idea what broke?<br>
<br>
Yes, I see this also. =C2=A0I reported it to Magnus, who muttered something=
<br>
about Varnish possibly misbehaving, but that was the end of it.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>He told me it was intentional rate lim=
iting, applied because gitweb is=C2=A0so inefficient.<span></span></div><br=
><br>-- <br>Dave Page<br>Blog: <a href=3D"http://pgsnake.blogspot.com" targ=
et=3D"_blank">http://pgsnake.blogspot.com</a><br>
Twitter: @pgsnake<br><br>EnterpriseDB UK: <a href=3D"http://www.enterprised=
b.com" target=3D"_blank">http://www.enterprisedb.com</a><br>The Enterprise =
PostgreSQL Company<br><br>

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