Re: ticketmaster.com 403 Forbidden

[Ken Matlock <matlockken () gmail com>]

Honestly, I'm surprised they don't try and charge a 'convenience fee' while
implementing the block! ;-)

Ken

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Ethan E. Dee <edee () globalvision net> wrote:

> So their policy says, if an ISP has one scalper, we'll block their entire
> subnet and not tell them why?
>
>
>
> On 02/06/2017 11:49 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>
> > My guess is you have or had sometime in the long distant past a scalper
> > operating on your network, using automated ticket purchase bots.
> >
> > If you still have that scalper around, you might want to turf him.  If
> > he’s ancient history, saying so might induce them to remove the block.
> >
> > --srs
> >
> > On 06/02/17, 8:45 AM, "nanog-bounces () nanog org on behalf of
> > mike.lyon () gmail com" <nanog-bounces () nanog org on behalf of
> > mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >      Yup, i have a /22 that has the same problem. Support is useless...
> >           > On Feb 6, 2017, at 08:35, Ethan E. Dee <edee () globalvision net>
> > wrote:
> >      >
> >      > It gives me a Forbidden error.
> >      > It has for over a year.
> >      > There support says they are not allowed to me why by their policy.
> >      > it is across an entire /19.
> >      > I gave up after the fifth time and encourage the customers to call
> > them individually.
> >      >
> >      >> On 02/06/2017 11:09 AM, Niels Bakker wrote:
> >      >> * Charles.Manser () charter com (Manser, Charles J) [Mon 06 Feb
> > 2017, 16:21 CET]:
> >      >>> It seems that browsing to ticketmaster.com or any of the
> > associated IP addresses results in a 403 Forbidden for our customers today.
> > Is anyone else having this issue?
> >      >>
> >      >> http://help.ticketmaster.com/why-am-i-getting-a-blocked-forb
> > idden-or-403-error-message/
> >      >>
> >      >>
> >      >>    -- Niels.
> >      >