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.
I assume that's because the IP range of your company network overlaps with a range used by some scrapers, and if it doesn't happen on your phone even in the corporate network, then IA probably checks some extra signals like the user agent in addition to the IP
Doesn't have to be someone at your work, it could be a block on a whole ISP network or at least an IP subnetwork that is shared between many clients
You can try emailing the address mentioned in their post so they adjust their filters to match just the bot networks more precisely
BeetleB · · focus · HN ↗
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.
flexagoon · · focus · HN ↗
BeetleB · · focus · HN ↗
Wonder who the bad actors in my company are...
flexagoon · · focus · HN ↗
You can try emailing the address mentioned in their post so they adjust their filters to match just the bot networks more precisely