gcc.gnu.org web access problem

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 7 December 2015 at 00:29, Phillip Wyman <pwyman@xkl.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wasn't sure which mailing list this question relates to so I thought I'd
> just send my email here.
>
> When attempting to access gcc.gnu.org via our web browsers here, we're
> getting the error message
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Forbidden
>
> You don't have permission to access / on this server.
>
> Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an
> ErrorDocument to handle the request.
>
> Apache Server at gcc.gnu.org Port 80
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Our network is 192.94.202.0/24.
>
> However, the page loads fine from other networks and the IP it resolves to
> in DNS is the same both here and on other networks.
>
> Have we done something to get banned or is this an accident in the server
> configuration?

Your network is blocked, I believe because of spam being posted into
our wiki at gcc.gnu.org/wiki

But the range being blocked looks a bit too broad, so I'll raise it
with the admins.