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checkgzipcompression.com robot

         

keyplyr

10:14 pm on May 15, 2017 (gmt 0)

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UA: checkgzipcompression.com robot
Protocol: HTTP/1.1
Robots.txt: No
Host: Transip BV Colocation
95.170.64.0 - 95.170.95.255
95.170.64.0/19

User initiated compression check tool

lucy24

12:31 am on May 16, 2017 (gmt 0)

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And the fun part is ...

... they are able to return valid data even if they meet a resounding 403. Or so they would have you believe. (“Yup, nice little 403 page, all properly gzipped up, no problems here.”)

Filecontent is identical for www and nowww response

Imagine that.

keyplyr

12:44 am on May 16, 2017 (gmt 0)

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It was the best tool I found for testing GZIP, and as you noted, it works even if it gets a custom 403; probably not if you let the (shared) server furnish the default 403.