We are suddenly getting this error when calling reCAPTCHA - Anyone seen this before?

[Robert Zeglen]

Error is:

Root Cause:
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://www.google.com/sorry/?continue=http://api-verify.recaptcha.net/verify


Full response below:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Filter [ResponseFilter]: filter is unavailable.
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:231)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:116)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:77)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:908)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:934)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:181)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:91)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:864)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1592)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:186)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:452)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:511)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:305)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:83)
    at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
    at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
    at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
    at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
    at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1646)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://www.google.com/sorry/?continue=http://api-verify.recaptcha.net/verify
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1448)
    at org.primefaces.component.captcha.Captcha.validateValue(Captcha.java:168)
    at javax.faces.component.UIInput.validate(UIInput.java:960)
    at javax.faces.component.UIInput.executeValidate(UIInput.java:1204)
    at javax.faces.component.UIInput.processValidators(UIInput.java:693)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIForm.processValidators(UIForm.java:240)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processValidators(UIViewRoot.java:1159)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ProcessValidationsPhase.execute(ProcessValidationsPhase.java:72)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:97)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:114)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:308)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1597)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:131)
    at gov.ny.cio.nysds.filter.ResponseFilter.doFilter(ResponseFilter.java:50)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:188)
    ... 22 more
Root Cause:
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://www.google.com/sorry/?continue=http://api-verify.recaptcha.net/verify
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1448)
    at org.primefaces.component.captcha.Captcha.validateValue(Captcha.java:168)
    at javax.faces.component.UIInput.validate(UIInput.java:960)
    at javax.faces.component.UIInput.executeValidate(UIInput.java:1204)
    at javax.faces.component.UIInput.processValidators(UIInput.java:693)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIForm.processValidators(UIForm.java:240)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.processValidators(UIComponentBase.java:1081)
    at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processValidators(UIViewRoot.java:1159)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ProcessValidationsPhase.execute(ProcessValidationsPhase.java:72)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:97)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:114)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:308)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1597)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:131)
    at gov.ny.cio.nysds.filter.ResponseFilter.doFilter(ResponseFilter.java:50)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:188)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:116)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:77)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:908)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:934)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:181)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:91)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:864)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1592)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:186)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:452)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:511)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:305)
    at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:83)
    at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
    at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
    at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
    at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
    at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
    at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1646)

      

[File Cloud]

Same problem in the last hour, someone at google has screwed up

all calls to verify are being redirected

Zend_Http_Response Object

(

    [version:protected] => 1.0

    [code:protected] => 302

    [message:protected] => Found

    [headers:protected] => Array

        (

            [Cache-control] => private

            [Content-type] => text/html; charset=UTF-8

            [Location] => http://www.google.com/sorry/?continue=http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/verify

            [Content-length] => 277

            [Date] => Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:00:44 GMT

            [Server] => GFE/2.0

            [Alternate-protocol] => 80:quic

        )

    [body:protected] => 

)