Re: Possible IP block accessing archive.apache.org

Mark Thomas <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:33:22 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.repository,gmane.comp.apache.archiva.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
https://infra.apache.org/abc/

On 10/03/2026 14:22, Cristhian Andres Patiño Loja wrote:
> Dear Team,
> 
> My name is Cristhian, and I am part of the Security Operations Center 
> (SOC) of the Junta de Castilla y León (JCYL), a regional public 
> administration in Spain.
> 
> We are contacting you because users within our corporate network are 
> currently unable to access the following resource:
> 
> https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-10 <https:// 
> archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-10>
> 
> Connections from our network to this address are resulting in timeouts. 
> After performing several internal checks, we have verified that:
> 
>   * The request is not being blocked by our proxy or web filtering systems.
>   * The traffic is correctly leaving our perimeter firewall.
>   * The resource is accessible from external networks outside our
>     organization.
> 
> Based on these checks, it appears that our public outbound IP address 
> may be blocked or included in a deny list on the destination side.
> 
> We would greatly appreciate it if you could review whether the following 
> IP address is currently blocked in your systems and, if so, consider 
> removing it from any block list:
> 
> Public IP: 217.71.18.38
> 
> The access is required for legitimate technical purposes, specifically 
> to download software from the official Apache archive repository.
> 
> Please let us know if you need any additional information from our side 
> to assist with the investigation.
> 
> Thank you very much for your time and support.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Cristhian Patiño.
> 
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