Grand Rapids Punk FlyersHigh on Crime / Tar Pit
Bands: High on Crime Tar Pit More T.B.A. Venue: 410 Webster The Mall
Kevin Karhan 
@technomancy also #tarpit, #CompressionBomb , #IPban & #cryptojacking "#AI" should be fair game, even tho I can't endorse.the last one for legal reasons.
AmgineOkay #fedi: looking for a computer to run a #tarpit for a couple of small #selfhosted static websites.
A cheap refurbished desktop from an office supplies retailer is cheaper than just the DDR4 RAM for a DiY scratch build. All are Intel chips, though.
I could probably build with new SBC and parts I have on hand for slightly less.
For this application, probably running #Iocaine or similar, better to work with SBC or refurb little desktop? Intel vs. Arm?
gary@dnsprincess @Walker in any event you should always opt to build the monster app or apps that wring out not only many opsec oversights but also work together in gestalt catalyzing manner - good examples of this could be cve in a wiki or diy shodan plus maltego or a graph #tarpit #artillery by dave kennedy #osint #dfir #tags #arroyo cluster #firehose #version number
Gabriel NI was playing around with fail2ban and started thinking.
If I ban bots, is that actually a net negative to the health of the internet?
When you ban bots, they just go to the next server. Because your server does not have default or dumb passwords it was unlikely to be breached anyways, the bot was just wasting its resources.
When you ban it, it moves to the next one where it has a higher chance to succeed.
The two ideas I have to impose higher costs on bots is
Tying up resources indefinitely seems more useful than just blocking it. Although compute is so cheap it probably doesn't matter nowadays. Maybe more effective back when bots were simpler.
I'm not sure if the aipdb et al are actually annoying enough that bots would spend time avoid getting on those lists?
I have an idea for doing a test, I'll take two IP:s and put fail2ban on them.
On one, we don't ban, just report it to abuseipdb.
On the other we just ban.
I'm curious if this will affect the amount of scans hitting it.
EuerErhabenheit
Lnklnx 
It's been wild watching the crazy array of obvious AI bots working their way deeper into my iocaine tarpit.
They are taking the greatest care to not burden my system (rate is holding at about 5 pages per minute, on average, for the last 30 days straight). The site they are chewing through is statically generated, so it can handle a lot more.
It's just such a weird feeling watching them, like when a toddler thinks you can't see them because *their* head is covered.
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Yes, Iocaine
Yes, Nepenthes
Yes, Other
No
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Tim Kukulski@bendelarre any tips for making a good #Tarpit ?