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An update on Wayback Machine access

685 points · 362 comments · ChrisArchitect

  1. BeetleB · · focus · HN ↗
    Wow, but I wonder if there's more to it.

    I've not been able to access web.archive.org from my work computer - I always get the 429 error.

    But I then pull out my phone and can access it just fine. All along I was assuming my company was blocking it. Still weird that it happens every time from my work PC and never from my home one.

    1. novok · · focus · HN ↗
      Your workplace is probably redirecting traffic through a datacenter IP range. Especially if they have their own datacenters like google, microsoft, oracle, amazon, etc.

      Try making a vpn via digital ocean for example and you'll see similar patterns.

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