On 4/12/21 7:22 PM, Jan Wieck wrote:
On 4/12/21 7:16 PM, Ron wrote:
On 4/12/21 5:33 PM, Jan Wieck wrote:
On 4/12/21 5:13 PM, felix.quintgz@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Unfortunately the official site for downloading the installer is
blocked for me.
I only had that option and trust what I am downloading.
That wasn't your only option. Other members have suggested that you
contact EnterpriseDB directly.
Note that CloudFront is just a content service by Amazon Web
Services. The owner of that content, in this case EnterpriseDB,
controls those "GeoRestrictions", that you are having trouble with. See
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/georestrictions.html
for details.
It is possible that this restriction is on purpose and that EDB
really doesn't want people from your country to download those files.
It is also possible that this particular download got that
restriction by mistake, either on EDB's side or on the side of the
third-party GeoIP service, Amazon is using to determine the origin of
your IP address. I know a few people at EDB (I did work there in the
past). Asking them won't do any harm and if all of this is actually
by mistake, they will be glad you asked.
It's quite possible that EDB added the restriction because OP is from a
country on the US-restricted list (and that country also bans VPNs).
It is, which would change "EDB really doesn't want" into "EDB is forced
by stupid export restrictions, written by stupid lawyers, who have no
clue what they are making laws about".
While I can appreciate frustrations with legal systems, making a blanket
statement like the above without the facts in hand is not helpful either.
Yeah, I agree, that is indeed "quite possible".
Regards, Jan
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx
