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Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers

From	R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.comp.software.seamonkey
Subject	Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers
Date	2025-03-17 13:02 +0100
Organization	To protect and to server
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Ant wrote:
> Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
>> On 3/16/2025 8:47 AM, Sailfish wrote:
>>> REF: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=32127#p260689
>>>
>>> Pale Moon is one of those, and, possibly so are SeaMonkey, Waterfox, and
>>> LibreWolf.
>>>
> 
>>     I saw that at Slashdot. The speculation seems to be
>> that they may be trying to block bots, based on an assumption
>> that "real people use only the latest version of a standard
>> browser". Do we need to go back to the days of spoofing
>> userAgents?
> 
> I already spoof with user agents on some web sites in SeaMonkey. :(
> 

I also saw that story on Slashdot, including a list of 12 browsers which 
are affected.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/15/236215/cloudflare-accused-of-blocking-niche-browsers
Slashdot itself was on the list of sites which "protect" themselves 
using Cloudflare.  My standard way of accessing Slashdot is to use a 
private session and logon there using a saved User+password pair, this 
appears to bypass Cloudflare's blocking and I never even realised there 
was supposed to be a problem.

One comment there made me curious,
> 
> 
> In case you're using SeaMonkey on Linux: stop using it (or at least stop telling everybody that you're using it).
> 
> Seamonkey on Linux is easily exploitable for remote code execution.
(the direct url is 
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23637379&cid=65236979 for that 
comment).

Is that true?  Was that true in the past but has now been fixed?

Thread

CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Sailfish <NIXCAPSsailfish@NIXCAPSunforgettable.com> - 2025-03-16 05:47 -0700
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-16 15:14 +0100
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers John McCue <jmccue@qball.jmcunx.com> - 2025-03-16 14:24 +0000
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers D <noreply@mixmin.net> - 2025-03-16 14:32 +0000
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-16 11:36 -0400
    Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-03-17 01:19 +0000
      Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-17 19:22 +1100
        Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-17 10:55 +0100
          Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-17 13:19 +0100
            Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-03-17 12:43 +0000
            Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-17 14:27 +0100
              Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-17 20:04 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-17 20:59 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-17 21:20 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-18 07:40 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-18 08:39 -0400
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-18 15:43 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-18 15:29 -0400
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-18 21:12 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-18 18:52 -0400
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-19 08:28 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-19 01:30 -0500
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-19 08:08 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-19 02:49 -0500
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-19 08:39 -0400
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-19 14:20 +0100
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers News <news@triffid.co.uk> - 2025-03-18 07:30 +0000
                Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-18 09:10 +0100
          Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-18 00:10 +1100
            Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-17 14:32 +0100
              Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2025-03-17 15:37 +0100
            Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-17 21:22 +0100
          Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-25 01:57 -0400
            Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-25 20:25 +0100
              Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-25 20:35 -0400
      Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2025-03-17 13:02 +0100
        No RCEs to see here [was: Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers] Dirk Fieldhouse <surname@gmx.net.plusremovethisandtherest.example.com> - 2025-03-17 13:50 +0000
          Re: No RCEs to see here [was: Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers] ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-03-17 18:24 +0000
        Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> - 2025-03-17 22:09 +0000
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-16 12:26 -0500
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-03-17 08:12 +1000
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers User One <noreply@invalid.com> - 2025-03-16 22:37 +0000
    Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-03-17 21:18 +0100
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-03-17 01:18 +0000
    Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers Dirk Fieldhouse <surname@gmx.net.plusremovethisandtherest.example.com> - 2025-03-17 14:05 +0000
  Re: CloudFlare is blocking smaller browsers "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2025-03-17 13:45 -0700

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