"Sorry, you have been blocked". WTF is this?

[tmfp]

Screenshot from phillipma1957 posted here


Both phillipma1957 and I got this screen when attempting to post (negatively) in a self moderated thread here. Look here for the reasons for the attempted posting.

What's going on? No other page access was affected.

Allowing newbies self moderated threads has got to stop, it's a fucking joke.

[Flying Hellfish]

I got the same message after posting in the thread...

[Jet Cash]

Was it when you hit the 'post' button or the 'reply' button. Reply works for me, but I didn't try to post a comment.

[hilariousandco]

It will be something to do with cloudflare.

[Piggy]

I got something similar recently while posting some sql command. Is supposed to be some kind of protection system of cloudflare indeed.

[Jet Cash]

I wonder how he is picking it up then. I've just made a post, and deleted it.

[bitcoin revo]

I remember LoyceV had this problem I was helping setup his website - I believe it has something to do with your message contents.

Hopefully it's fine by him to quote the line that it happened to him in:

I'd be okay with any subdomain (LoyceVsBasement.domain.com) or LOVE^* (domain.com/LoyceVsBasement). As long as I can upload through command line FTP I'm good to go.

^* Replace "LOVE" by "directory". Cloudflare blocks me if I type that! I've just reported that to theymos.

In the quoted link, someone else has a problem when they try to type out command prompt (except in the executable file name).

Do you still have/remember the message contents? It could be the same issue where you're trying to type out a blacklisted term on CloudFlare.

[Jet Cash]

I've got a url shortening site, but I think it's use is banned in this forum.

[theymos_away]

Whenever this happens, please email or obfuscate-then-PM me what you posted. Cloudflare has a ton of rules, some of which seem useful (like detecting fake robots), but others do stupid stuff like that.

[LoyceV]

Hopefully it's fine by him to quote the line that it happened to him in:

No problem

That message scares me each time it happens, and it can be triggered by the most unexpected sequence of text.

[tmfp]

I remember LoyceV had this problem I was helping setup his website - I believe it has something to do with your message contents.

Hopefully it's fine by him to quote the line that it happened to him in:

I'd be okay with any subdomain (LoyceVsBasement.domain.com) or LOVE^* (domain.com/LoyceVsBasement). As long as I can upload through command line FTP I'm good to go.

^* Replace "LOVE" by "directory". Cloudflare blocks me if I type that! I've just reported that to theymos.

In the quoted link, someone else has a problem when they try to type out command prompt (except in the executable file name).

Do you still have/remember the message contents? It could be the same issue where you're trying to type out a blacklisted term on CloudFlare.

Yes, I was attempting to quote (for record) NotFuzzyWarm's post in this thread. Even previewing that quoted post, I got the Blocked notification.
I have since retried by removing each component of the post separately, and still get it.
You have a go.

Edit: Bizarrely NFW has just (04.59:14) edited the post, but it still cannot be quoted without the Block notification appearing at preview stage.
Surely, if the term was blacklisted then it would have been picked up in the original post?

[theymos]

I looked into it a bit, but I couldn't figure out what was triggering it here. Next time it happens, click the back button, copy exactly what you were trying to post, put it on pastebin, and send me the link.

That "blocked" page is almost always a Cloudflare WAF false positive related to some data you submitted. If you're banned, you'll get a different message, and IP addresses are almost never blocked like this.

I can quote his post just fine:

For a start - wrong area folks! That is hardware - not software... Requested the mods to move this to Mining Speculation for now.

So far gotta say this looks promising. Aside from being a company no one has heard of before I do not get any red flags yet -- and as folks who know me here will testify that is a VERY rare statement for me to make. edit: This may change of course as more info comes out.

Went to their site and in Chat asked the all-important question: Can these run on any sha256D pool or is asicboost support required. Answer is they run on ANY sha256d pool. Damn fine start.

Seriously thinking about ordering one to try out/review.

Are you still unable to? If so, then I suppose it's some sort of interaction between the post and some of your headers. Not sure.

Whenever this happens, feel free to obfuscate the post in order to bypass Cloudflare's blocking until I'm able to fix it permanently. Cloudflare isn't smart enough to notice this, and you certainly won't be banned for it.

[LoyceV]

I have since retried by removing each component of the post separately, and still get it.
You have a go.

If I remove the Subject:, I can preview the quote.
If I remove the quoted text, I can leave the Subject as is.

Cloudflare seems to be trigger happy on certain combinations of keywords.

I can quote his post just fine:

But can you add the title?

[TryNinja]

But can you add the title?

It's the "DOUBLE" plus the "(" and ")" strings in the title.

Edit:
@theymos: I can't quote your post (which is a quote of someone's else post). Can you bypass the Cloudflare rules?

[theymos]

For a start - wrong area folks! That is hardware - not software... Requested the mods to move this to Mining Speculation for now.

So far gotta say this looks promising. Aside from being a company no one has heard of before I do not get any red flags yet -- and as folks who know me here will testify that is a VERY rare statement for me to make. edit: This may change of course as more info comes out.

Went to their site and in Chat asked the all-important question: Can these run on any sha256D pool or is asicboost support required. Answer is they run on ANY sha256d pool. Damn fine start.

Seriously thinking about ordering one to try out/review.

[LoyceV]

@theymos: any chance your account has more access than mine? I can't quote your post above this one.

Update:
Quickseller makes it interesting edited the title

[Quickseller]

For a start - wrong area folks! That is hardware - not software... Requested the mods to move this to Mining Speculation for now.

So far gotta say this looks promising. Aside from being a company no one has heard of before I do not get any red flags yet -- and as folks who know me here will testify that is a VERY rare statement for me to make. edit: This may change of course as more info comes out.

Went to their site and in Chat asked the all-important question: Can these run on any sha256D pool or is asicboost support required. Answer is they run on ANY sha256d pool. Damn fine start.

Seriously thinking about ordering one to try out/review.

@theymos: any chance your account has more access than mine? I can't quote your post above this one.

Maybe his IP address is while-listed, or is listed as someone who is normally performing certain functions? I am also blocked when I try to post that with the title.

[TryNinja]

Update:
Quickseller makes it interesting edited the title

Check my post above yours. It's probably the use of the "DOUBLE" string with any "(" or ")" after it;

Either remove the "DOUBLE" string or all the "(" and ")", and it will work.

[LoyceV]

Quote this!


Update: I guess it's fixed

[actmyname]

Quote this!

hmm?

Edit: Perfect, bud.