Quoting Art Sackett (2019-10-17 16:01:54) > 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...
Less of a workaround might be to use https protocol. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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