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“””https://cdn.qmap.pub/images/e80f900676cc07635d993dc1f5074b03311d40f9d67732d91a96bca722f139c4.jpg

is different than what you are showing in the ip address giving you the 403 error”””

I’m not a IT guy or guru, so I can’t give the best explaination on how it works or what exactly is happening now. I do know this has happened in the past before on FR Q threads.

This is one of redundant aggregator sites that is used by many if not most on FR:

https://qmap.pub/

He is not Q, (nor are the others):
https://qmap.pub/info

This tells more about the above aggregator:
https://www.patreon.com/qappanon

Note his domain name is qmap.pub

Note his images are stored on cdn.qmap

Below describes what cdn and Cloudfront are.

IIRC, Cloudfront has server networked locations located around the world with qmaps images, media stored on them. Again, IIRC, it has servers in Fresno, CA.

Depending on many factors, whenever someone’s computer trys to access a certain file, that request may be directed to different servers, depending on distance, current demands, etc., many other factors

Note “AWS Shield for DDoS mitigation” in the description below. Purely guessing, but I suspect that is what is affecting things. It reads a sudden demand in file requests possibly as a denial of service attack, and it steps in and blocks the requests, ie, image crashes.

The files are getting blocked through either requests routed through a FR page, or as I posted the link copied out of FR and pasted into a fresh tab in my browser to bypass FR, or both due to whatever factors the “gateway” takes in to account.

Who knows where the error page came from.

Amazon CloudFront:

“Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds, all within a developer-friendly environment. CloudFront is integrated with AWS – both physical locations that are directly connected to the AWS global infrastructure, as well as other AWS services. CloudFront works seamlessly with services including AWS Shield for DDoS mitigation, Amazon S3, Elastic Load Balancing or Amazon EC2 as origins for your applications, and Lambda@Edge to run custom code closer to customers’ users and to customize the user experience.”

https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/

http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3717479/posts?page=1623#1623

I’m not the one to try to explain or figure it all out. I know the resolve in the past is to download the image file, upload it to a (free) photo hosting site, and then use the url that site provides to place the image in your post.

I will mention that earlier today another poster’s images crashed. I copied one of the link location in a new tab, and it loaded fine. I then “reloaded” the page and the image would no longer display.

And that’s all I know, right or wrong, about that.

Headed to bed. Cya