← Back to context Comment by nabla9 4 months ago The linked article explains what happens when you block their IP. 3 comments nabla9 Reply gs17 4 months ago For reference:> If you try to rate-limit them, they’ll just switch to other IPs all the time. If you try to block them by User Agent string, they’ll just switch to a non-bot UA string (no, really).It's really absurd that they seem to think this is acceptable. viraptor 4 months ago Block the whole ASN in that case. therealdrag0 4 months ago What about adding fake sleeps?
gs17 4 months ago For reference:> If you try to rate-limit them, they’ll just switch to other IPs all the time. If you try to block them by User Agent string, they’ll just switch to a non-bot UA string (no, really).It's really absurd that they seem to think this is acceptable. viraptor 4 months ago Block the whole ASN in that case. therealdrag0 4 months ago What about adding fake sleeps?
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> If you try to rate-limit them, they’ll just switch to other IPs all the time. If you try to block them by User Agent string, they’ll just switch to a non-bot UA string (no, really).
It's really absurd that they seem to think this is acceptable.
Block the whole ASN in that case.
What about adding fake sleeps?