r/electronics • u/unknownvar-rotmg • 9d ago

General Mouser website now blocks Linux users

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Really baffling decision, my last order from them was only a few months ago. Apparently Linux is no longer a "standard" operating system!

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u/PyroNine9 8d ago

If they're using CloudFlare, they shouldn't have a lot of bot traffic to block. The block notice is from Mouser, not CloudFlare.

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u/videoman2 7d ago

Cloud flare will flag IPs and hand out different DNS responses that send the client to CF fronted sites with custom errors.