Sourceware Open Office, Fri 14, 15:00 UTC
Sourceware is implementing new strategies to combat AI scraper bots, including rate limiting non-approved IPs and improving user authentication, while also see…
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.
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Summarizes discussion points, including bot mitigation strategies, Anubis performance, and fundraising updates.
“nginx rate limits non "goodguy" addresses - goodguys are people that log into the services, so it's an incentive to contribute”
In Details
Sourceware is discussing its ongoing battle against AI scraper bots and other automated traffic. Mitigation efforts include refining Nginx rate limiting to favor authenticated users ('goodguys'), exploring new authentication methods, and adjusting the Anubis proof-of-work system's challenges. Fundraising is also progressing positively.
- AI scraper bot
- Automated software designed to crawl websites and extract data, often used for malicious purposes or to overload servers.
- Nginx
- A popular web server and reverse proxy that can be configured with rate-limiting modules.
- Anubis
- A proof-of-work system used by Sourceware to mitigate automated access and bot traffic. Users must solve a computational challenge to gain access.
- CGNAT
- Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, a method used by ISPs to share public IP addresses among multiple customers, which can complicate IP-based allow-listing.
- Fail2ban
- A security software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks by monitoring log files and banning malicious IPs.
- FOSSY
- Free and Open Source Software Young Developers Conference, a conference where various FOSS projects discuss infrastructure and development.