403.6 error

June 12, 2013

I use a nokia c2, and regularly log my caches in the field especially if i drop off tb's. I tried to a cache today gc2afbp (and others) and got a "403.6 forbiddon" error. What have i done wrong?

June 12, 2013

Same issue with RIM 9300 using operamini. This is the only brouser that I can find that is somewhat compatable with the website. OEM browser does not work at this site.

June 12, 2013

I use a nokia c2, and regularly log my caches in the field especially if i drop off tb's. I tried to a cache today gc2afbp (and others) and got a "403.6 forbiddon" error. What have i done wrong?

I've started experiencing the exact same problem today with my Nokia 2720. I can still log into geocaching.com OK on it, but everytime I try to access a cache page, I get the message:

'403.6 - Forbidden

IP address of the client has been rejected.

The requested page can not be accessed via anonymous proxies'.

Any ideas what I can do to remedy this? I've never had any problems accessing the site via my mobile before and I haven't changed any settings on my phone recently :-(.

Edited June 12, 2013 by Alma Aurea

June 12, 2013

Same issue with RIM 9300 using operamini. This is the only brouser that I can find that is somewhat compatable with the website. OEM browser does not work at this site.

I use operamini too. It's the only browser that seems to be available on my phone.

1.2k · June 13, 2013

They block like that by ip address..

What carrier are you using?

GS has hinted before at using some of the known proxy lists as block lists but those things are HIGHLY inaccurate.

June 13, 2013

They block like that by ip address..

What carrier are you using?

GS has hinted before at using some of the known proxy lists as block lists but those things are HIGHLY inaccurate.

What's a carrier? I know how to find out my IP address. If GS has blocked a range of them, is there someone I can contact to get mine unblocked? There doesn't seem to be any way that I can change my IP address with Opera Mini...

1.2k · June 13, 2013

What's a carrier?

Your isp, in the case of a cell phone, its your cell phone company.

June 13, 2013

i have the same problem. 403.6 forbidden in opera mini. Where is the problem?

June 13, 2013

Just wanted to add the same thing just started happening to me this morning. Only when I try to view a cache page, though as well. I've never had problems viewing any Groundspeak site on my phone before. Someone mentioned carriers? Anyone else with this problem on at&t?

June 13, 2013

My ISP is O2. It's looking like it must definitely be something connected with opera mini. It just seems really weird that it's possible to log on, search for caches and view profiles but we're blocked from viewing any cache pages. Very frustrating!

7.4k · June 13, 2013

This is an issue we have identified that affects Opera Mini. Our site does not allow anonymous proxy access, and it is tagging Mini as such due to the way it operates (rendering pages remotely and then sending a compressed snapshot of the pages to the phone to reduce bandwidth). In the process of serving up A/B tests of the old vs. new cache details pages for comparison, something has been misconfigured on the site to cause it to start blocking Opera Mini when attempting to view the old cache page design.

The team is investigating.

June 14, 2013

Thanks for the update Moun10Bike. I don't know if this helps at all, but I'm still able to view trackables pages and benchmark pages. The cache pages are truly the only thing inacessible. Thanks again and I look forward to being able to log and plan cache routes again!

June 15, 2013

Thanks for info. I hope GS will find solution

June 16, 2013

Happy Father's Day

I hope this problem can be resolved soon. OperaMini does a much better job displaying the cache page than the resident browzer on my Android phone.

June 20, 2013

I guess the fix tonight did not resolve the issue with operamini. However, I have been using the RIM browser for the past week and the maps load now and that is why I started using Operamini. Can't see any logs, but there shouldn't be any on a FTF.

June 22, 2013

Just wanted to pass this along to anyone still having trouble. I found a free mobile web browser that works similar to opera mini, but you can view and log caches again! its called UC Browser and you can download it from wap.ucweb.com for almost any phone. I played around with the settings and I think its actually faster and uses less data than opera mini. I have a pretty low end not-so-smart but not completely dumb phone, and it works for me a bajillion times better than trying to log a cache through my phone's native browser. I hope this info helps someone. happy caching.

June 23, 2013

Another Opera Mini user having problems loading cache pages like others have already said here. I rally like Opera Mini and hope this is fixed soon.

June 24, 2013

When UC works, why is not possible for Groundspeak to fix the Opera Mini problem. Now it is more than 10 days, and a solution is not yet available :mad:

Edited June 24, 2013 by dbox

June 25, 2013

Hm, I had made a request relating the Opera Mini problem. The request was closed last Week without any answer. Not amusing :mad: .

7.4k · June 25, 2013

Hm, I had made a request relating the Opera Mini problem. The request was closed last Week without any answer. Not amusing .

I see that Paige responded to your email asking for your IP address, but there was no response from you.

June 25, 2013

I see that Paige responded to your email asking for your IP address, but there was no response from you.

Ups, so I missunderstood the mail from Paige. He wrote:

Thanks for writing in. Please respond with your IP address so that I can look into this for you. You can find your IP adress by going to http://whatismyip.com on your mobile phone. I look forward to having answers for you soon!

What Does he mean with "IP adress"? Does he mean the IP adress of my computer? But why shall I go to http://whatismyip.com with my mobile phone? I wrote the request at the PC.

...

Now I tried the site http://whatismyip.com on my mobile phone with Opera Mini. I get the following answer:

Your IP Adress is: 14.162.106.25

Proxy Detected

Proxy IP: 82.145.211.21

Proxy Server: ---

Is this what he wants to know? All the values change if I switch off my phone and start again. Sorry, but I am not an expert.

Best regards

Gerald

June 25, 2013

So have Groundspeak stopped trying to work on a solution to this problem then? I really hope not... :mad:

7.4k · June 25, 2013

We are still working on this issue. In the meantime, you can use your phone's native browser to access the site.

June 25, 2013

We are still working on this issue. In the meantime, you can use your phone's native browser to access the site.

Ah, that's good. Because Opera Mini IS my phone's native browser, so till the issue's resolved I have no means of accessing the site on my phone .

7.4k · June 25, 2013

Are you unable to install another browser?

June 29, 2013

Why should anybody install another browser? Opera mini is perfect, espacially because of its wonderful data compression.

The more important question is, why is it so difficult to fix this problem, that exists for weeks?

June 29, 2013

I agree with dbox, Opera Mini worked just fine until a couple of weeks ago. It seems pretty obvious that something was changed, why not just change it back. Hope this problem is resolved soon because Opera Mini is the only browser for my phone.

June 30, 2013

Why should anybody install another browser? Opera mini is perfect, espacially because of its wonderful data compression.

The more important question is, why is it so difficult to fix this problem, that exists for weeks?

+1

Same problem with Opera mobile, when offroad mode (data compression) is on.

Pleeeeease fix!

I don't want to use another browser, because data compression is the main reason for choosing Opera...

June 30, 2013

Why should anybody install another browser? Opera mini is perfect, espacially because of its wonderful data compression.

The more important question is, why is it so difficult to fix this problem, that exists for weeks?

I agree!

After a great deal of struggling, I've managed to get a very old version of UC browser on my phone. It's not a patch on Opera Mini though - it's much slower, doesn't display pictures and won't allow me to post anything anywhere :mad: Not really a viable alternative...

I can't understand why it's taking so long to fix this error with Opera Mini?

July 8, 2013

We had a similar problem with Opera Mini since last month. After reading an earlier post, we installed UC Browser. This worked well ... until yesterday. But today, even UC Browser got this 403.6 error. Help.

July 8, 2013

Any further developments about this issue yet? Why can't the original security change that started it just be reversed? It's been going on for far too long now. UC browser just doesn't work properly on my phone...

July 9, 2013

I'm using the UC browser java version 9.0 and the cache pages are still loading ok for me. Even went ahead and signed up for premium membership and can run pocket queries now on my phone. I have a pantech pbr-c503 phone (pretty much a fake low-end blackberry) using at&ts go phone service. So as you can see, Im right on the edge of obsoletion anyway. I know in my version of uc browser that you can go to settings>network>proxy and enter in websites you would like to use proxy for on my version, so maybe playing around with some of those settings can help you. for any others, heres what paige wrote me when I first emailed in. "Thank you for writing in. Our proxy block is there to protect the geocaching community from malicious users. We are currently working on a workaround for Opera Mini users. In the meantime, you will need to use your mobile phone's native browser to access Geocaching.com. If you are usingOpera Mobile, you should be able to add an exclusion to turn off "turbo" for http://www.geocaching.com/which will allow you to use this browser on your device.

We appreciate your patience withthis!

Best,

Paige Edmiston" I couldnt find where I could turn turbo off so thats when I started looking for a different solution and found uc. In my experience, its been just as fast and even has more features like the ability for tabbed browsing and saving to a cloud account instead of your phone. Its very unfortunate some are still unable to cache though. I feel for ya and hope they fix it soon!

July 9, 2013

Thanks, JakeDanaiandConner. There is some hope that this may indeed work again for Opera Mini. However, still waiting ...

As for UC Browser, the version used on our Nokia N97 is V8.9.0.277 S60V5 pf50 (it's the latest version for the phone). There is no settings>network>proxy option. Tried to play around with Settings > Preferences > Network > Website Preferences. Was on "Default" before. Tried "Desktop". But still doesn't work. Can't find any other place to set or remove any proxy in this version of UC Browser.

As we said, UC Browser worked well for us until two days ago. Then all of a sudden yesterday, it could only get the "403.6 - Forbidden" message when clicking to a cache page.

July 13, 2013

I am very annoyed that there is still no solution for the 403.6 error. Four (!) weeks ago it was reported and nothing has changed. The only chnage is, another similar browser has now the same error. Unbelievable! Well done, guys!

What is so difficult to fix it?

In other postings you often mentioned to improve your communication, but here I can see no responses. What is the status? Do you have problems, or a lack of delevopers, or are you even willing to fix it? Please inform us!

I use Opera on my mobile phone and on the ipad and it is my favorite browser. Why should I change it? All webpages in the world are available with Opera, geocaching.com is the one and only exception. Great job!

Furthermore, I am from Europe, where you have raised the Premium Membership prizes 30%. 30% more money and I cannot even use the browser that I want? I am very very disappointed!

Ruediger.

July 15, 2013

I get the same error message wen I connect thru my Airport router at home from my computer. what can i do to fix it?

July 16, 2013

Patiently waiting on a fix for the Opera Mini issue.

July 16, 2013

Not opera mini. I have the problem om my computer. With safari as browser.

July 20, 2013

Just wondering if anyone knows how to get a different browser for a Samsung Brightside. It came with opera mini and I can't figure out how or if I can get a different browser. Hoping 403.6 will be fixed soon!

July 20, 2013

And still we wait... :angry:

July 20, 2013

And still we wait...

I think we can wait until we are black (German saying). The errorcode was not only 403.6, but:

"IP adress of the client has been rejected. The requested page can not be accessed via anonymous proxies"

In my oppinion it is not a bug. Groundspeak seems to have decided to block the access via such proxies (opera mini is not the only browser that have this problem). This was an active decision of Groundspeak, not a bug, because all works normal until some weeks ago. And suddenly it doesn't work with such an errormessage? I don't know why Groundspeak decide to block the access via anonymous proxies, but I also don't know, why they should cancel this decision only because of some dammed Opera Mini user (and user of the other browsers working with proxy). I think all the written words here in this thread are waste of time.

Best regards

Gerald

July 21, 2013

Anyone from Groundspeak who would care to update / state their position on this matter please?

September 20, 2013

Hey Groundspeak,

Please don't forget this error!

Thanks.

September 20, 2013

Anybody out there??

It's very annoying...

September 22, 2013

Hi,

I experienced this problem today and would ask that Grounspeak discontinue this practice.

I was using a proxy.

When away from home using open wifi hotspots there is a real risk of problems from software like firsheep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesheep) and other malicious software. A proxy protects my internet session, accounts and passwords.

Since I have to log into Geocaching.com to use my account they have my name and, as a premium member, know my home address, credit card details etc. It is not like I could use the proxy to anonymously post inappropriate logs or messages.

If someone wanted to post anonymously then tor + sock puppet account would easily work around any proxy blocklists.

All that the use of proxy blocklists achieves is to cause problems for legitimate users. They don't work reliably. There are good and legitimate reasons for using a VPN (virtual private network) as I do when using open wifi hotspots.

I'm sure those who introduced this meant well and thought it was a good idea but it has significantly negative unintended consequences,

If Groundspeak feel they have good reason's for doing this then let us hear them and answer them.

At the very least turn it off for signed in paying customers. You know who I am and you know where I live as soon as I sign in and I can't use my account without doing so. My use of a VPN to protect my internet connection is reasonable behaviour, quite frankly more people should be doing it.

Regards,

Michael (of Thirteen00).

September 27, 2013

Another nail in the coffin for Blackberry users

Checked today and with operamini and still receiving the same error.

This was the only browser that could access the cache page maps.

Now if I use the OEM browser, Cannot even login to the site since about a month ago. No response from signin link.

Could Groundspeak please take a look into this solvable issue.

Regards

Edited September 27, 2013 by x_xenolith_x

October 14, 2013

Was there a change?

Today I was able to load cache listing pages in Opera Mobile Classic for Android with activated "Opera Turbo", without getting the 403.6 error!

Can anybody confirm this?

October 14, 2013

Was there a change?

Today I was able to load cache listing pages in Opera Mobile Classic for Android with activated "Opera Turbo", without getting the 403.6 error!

Can anybody confirm this?

Oh my dear Groundspeak, it seems you are not living in actual time. Yes, I can confirm that Opera Mobile Classic works now on GC.com with activated "Opera Turbo". But it doesn't work well. The loadingtime is longer than without Turbo Mode and the site will not be loaded completely. Opera Mini and Opera Browser in Offroad Mode still doesn't work on GC.com.

Dear Groundspeak,

thank you for activating the access via Opera Mobile Classic in Turbo Mode. But Opera Classic is the dead horse of the Opera Browsers. Mobile Classic will no longer been maintained and updated by Opera. The actual Browsers are "Opera Mini" and "Opera Browser" (with Offroad Mode). The community will thank you very very much, if you bring us back the access via these two browsers, specially Opera Mini.

Best regards

Gerald

Edited October 14, 2013 by Mystphi

January 12, 2014

Hi Everybody

Is there any news about this Opera mini issue ?

In my case, i still get the 403.6 error.

thanks !

February 15, 2014

Am I dreaming?

Today I can open cache listings with Opera Mini without getting an

error message...

February 15, 2014

You are NOT dreaming! I think it is mirakle. All Browsers are working with Groundspeak listing sites: Opera Mini, Opera Classic in Turbo mode, Opera Standard in Offroad mode. Thank you, Groundspeak :-)))!

Best regards

Gerald

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