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It seems like fahserver1.flatironinstitute.org is blocking certain proxy IP addresses (I rotate through proxies and do not use one particular address). The server simply drops the connections, it does not even reject them, so the client hangs. Disabling the proxies on my side is not an option.

Because that server does not host anything that is worth scraping, could whatever firewall settings be changed so that I can get work again?

Every uni has different IT departments with their own rules and policies

I know, and I know FAH doesn't operate the server themselves. I was hoping someone with a more direct line of contact could alert the manager of that work server that the firewall is unnecessarily strict for its purpose, and is blocking me (and possibly some others) from getting work.

Direct line is on a weekend activities
Yeah, nah, someone will have a look on Monday. It is typical (and not even exaggerated), that FAH stuff breaks on weekends or holidays

There had been some scheduled maintenance at their ISP. Is the situation better now or do you still see some issues with certain IPs ?

toTOW wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 7:25 pm There had been some scheduled maintenance at their ISP. Is the situation better now or do you still see some issues with certain IPs ?

It connects now! Connection no longer hangs.

I assumed it was a proxy problem because 1 out of 5 of my IPs would be blocked and they were the only ones that did that, and it suddenly went up to 5 out of 5. I guess I should have tried pinging it from my vps.