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Rhiannon12866

(207,487 posts) Sat Mar 12, 2022, 11:54 PM Mar 2022

Anyone else getting a "Forbidden" message when calling up DU?

Not a 403 Error, it just says "Forbidden." It's happened to me both when I'm calling up the site and when I try to reply to threads.

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Anyone else getting a "Forbidden" message when calling up DU? (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 OP

Yes old as dirt Mar 2022 #1

Thanks! I replied to that thread, too. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 #6

It's happened to me several times today True Dough Mar 2022 #2

A dozen times or more. sheshe2 Mar 2022 #3

Off an on. Weird. paleotn Mar 2022 #4

So far, so good on the East Coast. No error messages here. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #5

Rhiannon is on the east coast. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Mar 2022 #7

none on the west coast either . i did try to send a test message but got threatened AllaN01Bear Mar 2022 #8

I got one I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #9

Lots of threads about that, but no answers. I thought I had a browser... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #10

Not here. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #11

Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 #13

403 is a server error American_Dream Mar 2022 #14

Thank you for the explanation and welcome to DU! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 #15

old as dirt

(1,972 posts)

1. Yes

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 11:56 PM

Mar 2022

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216476367

Rhiannon12866

(207,487 posts)

6. Thanks! I replied to that thread, too.

Reply to old as dirt (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:03 AM

Mar 2022

I was afraid I'd get another "Forbidden" error since it's happened to me numerous times when I attempt to reply.

True Dough

(17,433 posts)

2. It's happened to me several times today

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:00 AM

Mar 2022

I'm sure the admins are working on ridding the bug from the system.

sheshe2

(84,171 posts)

3. A dozen times or more.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:00 AM

Mar 2022

That was earlier tonight. Past hour or so it has been fine.

Dunno what's up.

paleotn

(18,041 posts)

4. Off an on. Weird.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:01 AM

Mar 2022

OAITW r.2.0

(24,902 posts)

5. So far, so good on the East Coast. No error messages here.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:03 AM

Mar 2022

SergeStorms

(19,208 posts)

12. Rhiannon is on the east coast.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:46 AM

Mar 2022

So am I, but I haven't had a problem.

Response to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

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AllaN01Bear

(19,071 posts)

8. none on the west coast either . i did try to send a test message but got threatened

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:07 AM

Mar 2022

with a auto delete message

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,524 posts)

9. I got one

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:13 AM

Mar 2022

And fired up DU twice getting the forbidden message. Could not access the site. Third time I clicked on DU it came through tho.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

10. Lots of threads about that, but no answers. I thought I had a browser...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:30 AM

Mar 2022

problem until I saw all the other messages.

FWIW, I'm on my phone now and will check my laptop later to see if it has the same problem.

SergeStorms

(19,208 posts)

11. Not here.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 12:45 AM

Mar 2022

Hope it resolves itself, Rhiannon.

Rhiannon12866

(207,487 posts)

13. Thanks!

Reply to SergeStorms (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 01:00 AM

Mar 2022

It actually happened to me several times before I could call up this forum.

American_Dream

(1 post)

14. 403 is a server error

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:28 PM

Mar 2022

Actually the 400 series are all server errors but 403 is kind of a "sorry, wait a bit error" plus other things. I sometimes get them and it is just due to slow communications and I would suppose the hackers are very busy now. Even my iPhone has been getting them...just takes a retry to clear up. Having said that things do change as hackers are trying to get in. Also, they may be doing massive "denial of service" attacks just to be nasty and slow our Internet down.

Rhiannon12866

(207,487 posts)

15. Thank you for the explanation and welcome to DU!

Reply to American_Dream (Reply #14)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 02:45 AM

Mar 2022

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