Selfhosted

63,680 readers

5,234 active

545 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

Detailed Rules Post

Be civil.
No spam.
Posts are to be related to self-hosting.
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or readme if you're providing a link.
Submission headline should match the article title.
No trolling.
Promotion posts require active participation, with an account that is at least 30 days old. F/LOSS without a paywall has exceptions, with requirements. See the rules link for details. Tags [CBH] or [AIP] are required, see the links in Rule 8 for details.
AI-related discussions and AI-involved promotional posts have additional requirements for tagging, as noted in Rule 7 and the AI & Promotional Post Expanded Rules post, and find example disclosures here.

Resources:

selfh.st Newsletter and index of selfhosted software and apps
awesome-selfhosted software
awesome-sysadmin resources
Self-Hosted Podcast from Jupiter Broadcasting

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 3 years ago

moderation log

moderators

curbstickle@anarchist.nexus

curbstickle_lw@lemmy.world

Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel? (lock.cmpxchg8b.com)

submitted 1 year ago by tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

97 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Some thoughts on how useful Anubis really is. Combined with comments I read elsewhere about scrapers starting to solve the challenges, I'm afraid Anubis will be outdated soon and we need something else.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, I manage cloudflare for a massive site that at times gets hit with millions of unique bot visits per hour

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

So you know that this is the lesser of the two evils? Seems like you're viewing it from client's perspective only.

No one wants to burden clients with Anubis, and Anubis shouldn't exist. We are all (server operators and users) stuck with this solution for now because there is nothing else at the moment that keeps these scrapers at bay.

Even the author of Anubis doesn't like the way it works. We all know it's just more wasted computing for no reason except big tech doesn't give a care about anyone.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

My point is, and the author's point is, it's not computation that's keeping the bots away right now. It's the obscurity and challenge itself getting in the way.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent