Anyone else getting a "Forbidden" message when calling up DU?

[Rhiannon12866]

Not a 403 Error, it just says "Forbidden." It's happened to me both when I'm calling up the site and when I try to reply to threads.

[old as dirt]

1. Yes

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216476367

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Thanks! I replied to that thread, too.

I was afraid I'd get another "Forbidden" error since it's happened to me numerous times when I attempt to reply.

[True Dough]

2. It's happened to me several times today

I'm sure the admins are working on ridding the bug from the system.

[sheshe2]

3. A dozen times or more.

That was earlier tonight. Past hour or so it has been fine.

Dunno what's up.

[paleotn]

4. Off an on. Weird.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. So far, so good on the East Coast. No error messages here.

[SergeStorms]

12. Rhiannon is on the east coast.

So am I, but I haven't had a problem.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. none on the west coast either . i did try to send a test message but got threatened

with a auto delete message

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. I got one

And fired up DU twice getting the forbidden message. Could not access the site. Third time I clicked on DU it came through tho.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Lots of threads about that, but no answers. I thought I had a browser...

problem until I saw all the other messages.

FWIW, I'm on my phone now and will check my laptop later to see if it has the same problem.

[SergeStorms]

11. Not here.

Hope it resolves itself, Rhiannon.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Thanks!

It actually happened to me several times before I could call up this forum.

[American_Dream]

14. 403 is a server error

Actually the 400 series are all server errors but 403 is kind of a "sorry, wait a bit error" plus other things. I sometimes get them and it is just due to slow communications and I would suppose the hackers are very busy now. Even my iPhone has been getting them...just takes a retry to clear up. Having said that things do change as hackers are trying to get in. Also, they may be doing massive "denial of service" attacks just to be nasty and slow our Internet down.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Thank you for the explanation and welcome to DU!