Mastodawn

The @lwn web site is currently under the most intense scraper attack I have seen yet. 1.3M unique IP addresses within the last couple of hours, and it's not done yet. The work we have done on defenses appears to be paying off, though; the server is holding up reasonably well — so far.

...just in case anybody wonders why I have a rather dim view of the whole AI industry...

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@corbet @lwn Inkscape also got heated today:

https://floss.social/@doctormo/116825974597784492

Martin Owens :inkscape: (@[email protected])

I'm going to sleep. If anyone is wondering why the #inkscape website is down, it's because it's being crushed by AI bots again, so I've taken it offline. I tried to put in more ip-blocks, and then tried to install Anubis. But I'm not a sysadmin and so this is just taking time to do. Can't do much of it tonight (this morning) so I'm afraid it's staying offline. Edit: Thanks for the help from @[email protected] getting the server back online. It appears to have been Facebook attacking.

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