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#289799 29-Sep-2021 19:41
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From work I'm not able to haunt Geekzone anymore, page header comes up but then below it says "Access blocked" "For some reason we can't serve this page right now." 

 

Would that be work or Geekzone blocking you think ?


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  #2786600 29-Sep-2021 19:50
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For some reason

 

Well, that's helpful for troubleshooting...




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  #2786601 29-Sep-2021 19:51
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@freitasm could answer more conclusively but are there any logos or anything? CloudFlare or Geekzone? Kind of sounds external to GZ to me though


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  #2786603 29-Sep-2021 19:55
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Talk to your boss?




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  #2786605 29-Sep-2021 20:03
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Screenshot or it didn't happen. 





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  #2786631 29-Sep-2021 20:42
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snnet:

 

@freitasm could answer more conclusively but are there any logos or anything? CloudFlare or Geekzone? Kind of sounds external to GZ to me though

 

 

From the description it's a custom block page shown when access is blocked for some reason or another. The page provides information that can give a clue - most importantly the Ray ID - that's why I asked for a screenshot (or the OP can post the Ray ID).

 

If there's no Ray ID, please send me a PM with your IP address from work.

 

We serve hundreds of thousands of requests every day and block thousands of requests during the same period. Without some identification there's no way I can even start looking at it.





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  #2786849 30-Sep-2021 11:31
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I'm going to assume it is the security team blocking things, I'll just squint at my phone instead I guess.

 

I've no clue what a "Ray ID" is but buried in the source of the page it has :

 

"rayId":"6968a5b90840fb90"

 

This is a screen grab ...

 

 

 


 
 
 

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  #2786904 30-Sep-2021 11:39
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The company you work for is using a network that I have blocked a couple of days ago for excessive automated traffic. For some reason traffic coming from DMZGlobal was identified as automated and I decided to block it.

 

I can lift the block but if this appears again then we will have to talk to DMZGlobal and find out what's the source of the traffic.

 





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  #2790586 6-Oct-2021 14:18
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I got this on my desktop at home. It worked fine yesterday. My phone works fine.








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  #2790598 6-Oct-2021 14:20
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Why are you using a US-based address?





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  #2791539 7-Oct-2021 22:57
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I noticed that. Realised that my VPN was running.





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  #3394803 17-Jul-2025 12:21
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I just had the same error when posting from work.

 

For some reason we can't serve this page right now.
Your IP address: redacted, so you can't all see where I work :)
RAY ID: 96058f1f2cfd50c8

 

I was posting in the "annoy" thread, and it turns out that it seemed to get stuck on the path to the hosts file, i.e. "slash etc slash hosts (which it also doesn't let me post here). I removed it and it posted successfully.


 
 
 

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  #3394805 17-Jul-2025 12:31
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Yeah, you got caught in a managed rule to prevent some lateral movement. But since we don't use this platform, I have tweaked a bit

 





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  #3394806 17-Jul-2025 12:32
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Testing... /etc/hosts - Success! Thanks :)


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  #3448418 31-Dec-2025 13:39
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I get blocked sometimes when accessing from home on my phone even though it is using the same wifi as the desktop (which does not get blocked).  Here's the screenshot with the IP obscured. The IP is static so does not change.
Using FF on the phone and desktop.





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  #3448421 31-Dec-2025 13:53
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Are you using any ad blocking, script blocking on your phone or network?





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