On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 08:54:36AM -0000, Curt wrote: > By what mental procedure did you arrive at that workaround?
I was able to retrieve the various InRelease files with any web browser and with wget, but I was not able to do so with apt. So, I cranked up tcpdump and grabbed one of those files with Firefox, and then ran apt. What's different between the two connections up to the point of failure is the User-Agent: and Accept: headers. Since the Accept: header seemed unlikely, I fiddled the User-Agent. As for transparent proxies, etc. what I've got here is my own router connected to a bridged fiber modem, which gets photons from a community fiber network managed by the county. I have no particular reason to trust them, but it's the internet we're talking about, so... -- Art Sackett http://www.artsackett.com/