[gdal-dev] /vsicurl, curl and wget

[Scott]

So, it works on Amazon Linux 2
gdal 3.13.0, curl 8.3.0

But not Debian 12
gdal 3.13.0, curl 7.88.1

The 403, if the one machine was blocked (why would it), wget shouldn't 
work, but it does.

On 4/25/26 01:27, Laurențiu Nicola via gdal-dev wrote:
> gdal vector info /vsizip/vsicurl/https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/cl2024_v1.gdb.zip works for me (GDAL 3.12.3), but takes a couple of minutes, because ZIP isn't great at random access. I actually cancelled it after it printed the name of the third layer.
> 
> HTTP 403 is "Forbidden", which is.. interesting.
> 
> Laurentiu
> 
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2026, at 04:52, Scott via gdal-dev wrote:
>> Greetings!
>>
>> I'm having issues with a remote file. The following do not work:
>>
>> gdal vsi copy
>> https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/cl2024_v1.gdb.zip .
>> gdal vector info
>> /vsizip/vsicurl/https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/cl2024_v1.gdb.zip
>> curl
>> https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/cl2024_v1.gdb.zip
>> -o stf.gdb.zip
>>
>> All result in a 403, since they're dependent on curl.
>>
>> However, the following 'wget' works fine:
>>
>> wget https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/cl2024_v1.gdb.zip
>>
>> Has anyone encountered this before? What am I missing?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Scott
>>
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