(wd-security) Update script blocked by CloudFront

[brogers5]

Expected Behavior

wd-security's update script should complete without errors.

Current Behavior

AU runs from this repository's AppVeyor environment as of June 19th fail with results similar to this:

au_GetLatest failed


ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

403 ERROR
The request could not be satisfied.

Request blocked.
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Request ID: EisK0Kq2fWsh89rFAtln6-jvC2WMdeUUmWg9NorIQFQIRTy9HbFv4g==

Possible Solutions

• Work with Western Digital's support to get traffic from the AppVeyor environment unblocked.
• Funnel update traffic through an unblocked proxy or VPN connection to work around the block.
• Update the package from another environment that is not blocked.
• Hand off maintenance for this package to another maintainer that is not subject to this block.
  • I am willing to take over maintenance, if needed. I go by sublym0nal on the Community Repository.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

Simply wait for the repository's next AU run, and check the package's attempted update results.

Context

wd-security is currently outdated, and package updates fail in part due to this.

Your Environment

N/A

[brogers5]

On a related note, wd-backup has the same problem, but in that case, the software is also end-of-life. May be best to just disable update runs for this package.