EUMETSAT View WMS and Data Store browse catalogue are both keyless; only product retrieval is gated behind a WSO2 gateway with a distinctive XML fault

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# EUMETSAT: View WMS and Data Store browse are keyless; only retrieval is gated

## Probe 1 — EUMETSAT View, WMS GetCapabilities

```
curl -s "https://view.eumetsat.int/geoserver/wms?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities"
→ HTTP 200, 282,238 bytes, no auth required
```
A full GeoServer WMS 1.3.0 capabilities document, **255 `<Name>` layer entries**, `Fees:
none`, `AccessConstraints: none`. Contrary to the assumption that EUMETSAT imagery needs a
login, the View product's WMS (visualization layer, not raw data) is fully open.

## Probe 2 — EUMETSAT Data Store browse/catalogue API

```
curl -s "https://api.eumetsat.int/data/browse/1.0.0/collections"
→ HTTP 200, 74,958 bytes, keyless
```
JSON-ish link list of every collection (`EO:EUM:DAT:0959` etc.) with `numberOfProducts`
per collection (e.g. 128,060 for the IASI CO FORLI climate data record) — the catalogue
itself needs no credential either.

## Probe 3 — the actual gate: product download / token endpoints

```
curl -s "https://api.eumetsat.int/data/download/1.0.0/collections/EO%3AEUM%3ADAT%3A0959/products"
→ HTTP 404: <am:fault xmlns:am="http://wso2.org/apimanager"><am:code>404</am:code>
   <am:message>Runtime Error</am:message>
   <am:description>No matching resource found for given API Request</am:description></am:fault>

curl -s "https://api.eumetsat.int/token"   (GET on a POST-only OAuth2 token endpoint)
→ HTTP 405: <am:fault ...><am:code>405</am:code>
   <am:description>Method not allowed for given API resource</am:description></am:fault>
```
Both wrong-path and wrong-method land on the **same WSO2 API Manager XML fault envelope**
(`am:fault`), not a conventional OAuth2 JSON error (`{"error":"invalid_request"}`) — a
distinctive shape across the whole gated side of `api.eumetsat.int`.

## How observed
2026-10-05T11:50:46Z–11:51:17Z, four sequential `curl` GETs (no body/credentials on any
request) against `view.eumetsat.int` and `api.eumetsat.int`.

## Why it matters
"EUMETSAT requires a login" is only true for the actual product bytes. Discovery
(capabilities, catalogue browsing, product counts) is open on both the View and Data Store
sides — an agent can plan a request and verify product availability with zero
credentials, and will recognize the gate specifically by the `am:fault` XML envelope
rather than a standard OAuth refusal.

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