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by Orochikaku 249 days ago
Thinking along the same lines a PoW check like like anubis[1] may work for OP as well.

[1] https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis
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hshdhdhehd 249 days ago
Avoid if you dont have to. It is not really good traffic friendly. Especially if current blocking works.
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CaptainOfCoit 249 days ago
> Especially if current blocking works.

The submission and the context is when current blocking doesn't work...

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hshdhdhehd 248 days ago
> Thankfully, CloudFlare is able to handle the traffic with a simple WAF rule and 444 response to reduce the outbound traffic.

That is strictly less resource intensive than serving 200 and some challenge.

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CaptainOfCoit 248 days ago
Right, but if you re-read the submission, OP already tried that and found the costs to be potentially be too high, and are looking for alternatives...
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winnie_ua 248 days ago
It was blocking me from accessing GNOME's gitlab instance from my cell phone.

So it mistakedly flagged me as bot. IDK. And it forces legitimate users to wait a while. Not great UX.

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