LWP::UserAgent and referer?
Robert L. Harris
Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Wed Nov 21 16:26:36 CST 2001
Nope, http only, and wget failes as unauthorized also.
Thus spake Nelson Ingersoll (ningersoll at cso.atmel.com):
>
> Can you use ftp? FTP would be a much better mechanism to move files
> than is HTTP. Plus you'd have the benefit of not having to worry about
> stupid HTTP tricks like this one getting in your way. Obviously you would
> have to have an account on each ftp server system; but, that actually makes
> it more secure.
>
> - Nelson ...
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> ================== No good deed goes unpunished! ==================
>
>
> At 11/21/2001 02:40 PM, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>
>
> >I'm trying to use a perl script to mirror some patches. The maker wishes
> >you to manually go and download each time, which gets a bit tedious.
> >
> >I've got it getting a list of patches, etc, but when I use "getstore"
> >from LWP::Simple I get an error message:
> >
> >
> >----------------------------------------------
> >
> >403 Error - Authentication Failed (Forbidden)
> >
> > Your browser failed to send us the proper authentication information
> >to gain access to this portion of the site.
> >
> > Parts of the support sites require information (The HTTP_REFERER
> >header) to indicate which part of the site you are coming from, so
> >you can be displayed the correct page. If you are reading this page,
> >your browser failed to send that information.
> >
> >----------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >It seems they're tracking which pages you used to come through. Any
> >way to work around this? Mirroring these gets very tedious by hand
> >each week (yeah, they patch that often.
> >
> >
> >
> >:wqr
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Robert L. Harris | Micros~1 :
> >Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability
> > at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't
> > \_ that important!
> >DISCLAIMER:
> > These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else.
> >FYI:
> > perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
:wq!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris | Micros~1 :
Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability
at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't
\_ that important!
DISCLAIMER:
These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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