https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449305
Bug ID: 449305
Summary: iblocklist (default) blocks KIO user agent
Product: ktorrent
Version: unspecified
Platform: Gentoo Packages
OS: All
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: joris.guis...@gmail.com
Reporter: luke-jr+kdeb...@utopios.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
iBlockList apparently considers KIO's default user agent to be "impersonat[ing]
browsers when accessing our service so [they] have put a stop to that."
In practice, "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) KIO/5.88 ktorrent/20.12.3" is
being sent, so I guess they consider "Mozilla" to imply a web browser.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable IP filter plugin
2. Attempt to update it from the default URI
OBSERVED RESULT
Error
EXPECTED RESULT
Successful IP list download
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I was able to downgrade KIO to 5.80 to get the Browser Identification module
for System Settings, then used that to spoof a Wget user agent for
list.iblocklist.com. After upgrading KIO back to 5.88, KTorrent now works
again.
It seems like perhaps the Browser Identification module should be restored, and
KTorrent's default user agent adapted to not imply a browser (if iblocklist is
stubborn and keeps the block as-is).
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