This is still an issue, though instead of the 403 error, bugs-search.debian.org simply won't resolve for me.
$ LANG=C wget https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi --2017-04-13 16:00:33-- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi Resolving bugs.debian.org (bugs.debian.org)... 140.211.166.201, 209.87.16.39, 2607:f8f0:614:1::1274:39, ... Connecting to bugs.debian.org (bugs.debian.org)|140.211.166.201|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://bugs-search.debian.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi [following] --2017-04-13 16:00:34-- http://bugs-search.debian.org/cgi-bin/search.cg i Resolving bugs-search.debian.org (bugs-search.debian.org)... failed: No address associated with hostname. wget: unable to resolve host address 'bugs-search.debian.org' Regards, Dave