Re: Sourceware Open Office, Fri 14, 15:00 UTC
Project / Subsystem
binutils / binutils
Date
2026-08-16
Proposer
Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Increased rate limiting and challenges can negatively impact legitimate users and accessibility.
- • IP-based allow-listing strategies can be complicated by dynamic IPs and CGNAT.
- • Disabling Anubis honeypot ingestion saves memory but might reduce visibility into attack patterns.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- binutils
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- 20260816210001.GB5585@gnu.wildebeest.org
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Re: Sourceware Open Office, Fri 14, 15:00 UTC
- headline
- Sourceware Open Office, Fri 14, 15:00 UTC
- tldr
- Sourceware is implementing new strategies to combat AI scraper bots, including rate limiting non-approved IPs and improving user authentication, while also see…
- proposer
- Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Increased rate limiting and challenges can negatively impact legitimate users and accessibility.
- • IP-based allow-listing strategies can be complicated by dynamic IPs and CGNAT.
- • Disabling Anubis honeypot ingestion saves memory but might reduce visibility into attack patterns.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • infrastructure
- • security
- • bots
- • fundraising
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Re: Sourceware Open Office, Fri 14, 15:00 UTC
Discussion notes from the Sourceware Open Office reveal ongoing efforts to mitigate AI scraper bots through improved Nginx rate limiting and a ‘goodguy’ IP list incentivizing user contributions. They also discuss disabling Anubis honeypot ingestion due to memory issues and the impact of Anubis’s JavaScript challenge on mobile devices. Fundraising updates show a significant increase in donations.