US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS

Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by demarq on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:48AM (#11642156)

I also noticed it seems blocked from access outside the US...

so what would happen if a traveling american wants to access it?

edit: FYI I'm trying from Kenya. edit2: Using my phone I'm able to switch between wifi, and mobile and on mobile it is unblocked. hmmm

Also for those who don't see the Access Denied page but are curious, here is what it reads in full.

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Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://serve-403-www.senate.gov/" on this server. Reference #xx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx

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It seems it has little to do with geography. It's an IP thing.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by aavotins on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:51AM (#11642182)

Not blocked in the Netherlands, but it opens the https version , which displays the following error: The submitted https request was not able to be completed at this time. Please retry your request using http. This may require disabling some browser based plug-ins.

Clicking the provided link causes a redirect loop(i.e. the http version redirects back to https)

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by zyx321 on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:28AM (#11642314)

>Clicking the provided link causes a redirect loop

Disabling HTTPS-Everywhere fixed that for me.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by kelnos on Friday May 06, 2016 @07:34AM (#11643169)

That looks like an Akamai error message (yup, www.senate.gov is a CNAME for e483.g.akamaiedge.net). Akamai has a bunch of (frankly ridiculous) heuristics for developing IP blacklists. So likely whatever network you're on got blacklisted for some inscrutable reason.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by klez on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:49AM (#11642170)

Nope, I'm in Italy and can access it from here.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by blowski on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:56AM (#11642201)

UK here. No problems viewing the https and http pages.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by svarrall on Friday May 06, 2016 @09:37AM (#11643842)

Also UK, but get the access denied. (BT Internet)

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by sdiq on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:44AM (#11642367)

Just tried from Kenya and did not see any "ACCESS DENIED".

This is what I am seeing: "Request unable to be completed. The submitted https request was not able to be completed at this time. Please retry your request using http. This may require disabling some browser based plug-ins."

Maybe something to do with your browser?

Edit: typo.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by gcb0 on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:51AM (#11642389)

or that is the very man-in-the-middle attack https would have prevented... we will never know.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by joantune on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:13AM (#11642260)

Portugal, no probs, are you confusing 'blocked' with the stupid message redirecting to http?

Which country are you in? now i'm curious? China?!

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by demarq on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:14AM (#11642262)

nope, "ACCESS DENIED"

and also I accessed the site from the US (tunnel ;-) and it was unblocked, and then I saw the redirect to http.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by joantune on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:16AM (#11642266)

Sorry, most likely I edited my comment after u replied. Which country are u in?

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by demarq on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:21AM (#11642287)

Kenya

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by foliveira on Friday May 06, 2016 @06:22AM (#11642853)

I can't access it from Portugal

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by camoby on Friday May 06, 2016 @04:44AM (#11642544)

It's more likely that the server isn't expecting a bunch of techies from hackernews to be hammering it! :)

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by alien3d on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:25AM (#11642299)

nothing issue malaysia for http if https

The submitted https request was not able to be completed at this time. Please retry your request using http. This may require disabling some browser based plug-ins.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by sxg on Friday May 06, 2016 @04:01AM (#11642411)

I'm a traveling American, and I can't see it in Singapore.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by dest on Friday May 06, 2016 @07:36AM (#11643179)

Same message here (France). Are you a Tor node by any chance?

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by nihonde on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:51AM (#11642184)

I can see the http version in Japan.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by reustle on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:57AM (#11642206)

I can't see either version in Tokyo. Both give me access denied.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by nihonde on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:18AM (#11642272)

That's odd. I'm on Softbank for both broadband and mobile.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by renegadesensei on Friday May 06, 2016 @04:48AM (#11642564)

I am in Tokyo and both versions are blocked for me.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by nihonde on Friday May 06, 2016 @11:13AM (#11644501)

I'm in Nagoya. Maybe that is the reason? It's so odd——I just confirmed that this works for me: http://www.senate.gov/index.htm

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by rhyzomatic on Friday May 06, 2016 @03:56AM (#11642403)

No problems from Hong Kong.

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Re:US Senate website says use HTTP instead of HTTPS by pmontra on Friday May 06, 2016 @04:41AM (#11642535)

It works from Italy.

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