On 16/03/2026 00:56, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Is there some sort of BGP / website proxy thing that can serve as a functional
> workaround?

Yes: for the same reason as wiki.povray.org is still accessible. It is cached through
Cloudflare, and the same would work for www. The only reason it's not already in place
long ago is that there is a bug in the interaction between news.povray.org and
www.povray.org when the former sends a user to the latter to log in (e.g. they clicked
on "reply" to a post when not logged in). This is within the PHP code that handles the
website accounts. I did look at it before and thought I had fixed it, but when I
turned Cloudflare on for the site I found the login still broken.

I might have another look at this if we don't get progress in the next 24 hours.

Note that even if I fixed that and CF was turned on for the site, this only affects
web accesses. The NNTP, mail, DNS, ssh and other related servers will remain
inaccessible for those affected by Comcast.

> 2. Does the newsreader still work for everyone?  Thunderbird?

I use Thunderbird. It works, but only because I'm not affected by the routing issue.

> 3. I have noticed that a lot of services are causing problems for people who use
> older browsers.  When I am trying to read email or do other things outside of
> home, the service "flags" my connection as suspicious, since it can't identify
> my browser, or when it does, it associates "older browser" with some sort of
> potential bot attack.

How old is "older"?

-- Chris

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