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0 pointsseba_dos18mo ago0 comments

> The term of art for these systems is "content protection", which is what I think Anubis actually wants to be, but really isn't (yet?).

No, that's missing the point. Anubis is effectively a DDoS protection system, all the talking about AI bots comes from the fact that the latest wave of DDoS attacks was initiated by AI scrapers, whether intentionally or not.

If these bots would clone git repos instead of unleashing the hordes of dumbest bots on Earth pretending to be thousands and thousands of users browsing through git blame web UI, there would be no need for Anubis.

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tptacek8mo ago

I'm not moralizing, I'm talking about whether it can work. If it's your site, you don't need to justify putting anything in front of it.

seba_dos1OP8mo ago

Did you accidentally reply to a wrong comment? (not trying to be snarky, just confused)

The only "justification" there would be is that it keeps the server online that struggled under load before deploying it. That's the whole reason why major FLOSS projects and code forges have deployed Anubis. Nobody cares about bots downloading FLOSS code or kernel mailing lists archives; they care about keeping their infrastructure running and whether it's being DDoSed or not.

tptacek8mo ago

I just said you didn't have to justify it. I don't care why you run it. Run whatever you want. The point of the post is that regardless of your reasons for running it, it's unlikely to work in the long run.

seba_dos1OP8mo ago

And what I said is that all these most visible deployments of Anubis did not deploy it to be a content protection system of any kind, so it doesn't have to work this way at all for them. As long as the server doesn't struggle with load anymore after deploying Anubis, it's a win - and it works so far.

(and frankly, it likely will only need to work until the bubble bursts, making "the long run" irrelevant)

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tptacek8mo ago

I'm not moralizing, I'm talking about whether it can work. If it's your site, you don't need to justify putting anything in front of it.

seba_dos1OP8mo ago

Did you accidentally reply to a wrong comment? (not trying to be snarky, just confused)

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seba_dos1OP8mo ago

(and frankly, it likely will only need to work until the bubble bursts, making "the long run" irrelevant)

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