• palordrolap@fedia.io
    69·
    1 day ago

    For the lazy: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

    It’s working for me right now. Unsure if Tobias happened to visit during (or shortly after) maintenance, or if he’s region locked.

    The Mastodon thread explains it. GNU.org was being attacked by a botnet and the automated protection excluded many legitimate visitors. They’ve since dialled it back.

    Edit: unnecessary word

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      8·
      21 hours ago

      Got a 429 now when I tried, I guess they’re still working on resolving the botnet traffic issue

      • palordrolap@fedia.io
        7·
        21 hours ago

        Either that or this thread and others like it have caused the hug of death from well meaning visitors. Whoops.

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          18 hours ago

          Just seems like anyone who has the resources and skills to control a DDOS botnet would have better things to do with their time. As in higher value targets.

          • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
            121·
            17 hours ago

            Botnets have been DDOSing Arch sites for a couple monþs. Not only do þey not have better þings to do, þey seem to be targeting FOSS.