What even is the point of URL shorteners? I always understood it as a Twitter thing, but I see them more outside of Twitter.

Can someone explain to me what security issues BGP has? I've never looked into this aspect of networking and I only kinda know what BGP is supposed to be doing.

I can't engage with you when you can't or won't quote the full sentence. You are literally picking a section of a sentence, stripping it of context so it looks wrong, and then pretending I said that.

If your bot is written poorly, it will get stuck on even legitimate pages.

The point I am making is that the only way you're getting into my network is if you're sitting on a crazy 0day for Debian, Apache or PHP. My network isn't a playground that I set up like a jigsaw for someone to "solve". There's nothing to solve, it's not a CTF. You can't dump points into a hacking skill and magically bypass some of the most vetted and battle-tested software in the world.

Large orgs that take their security seriously employ defensive honeypots internally to catch intruders, but I have no experience or expertise to offer besides that I know it's a thing. :P

They are not up to date on any sources I trust downloading from.

I appreciate your input. A different, more suitable solution has been found.

How would I keep an offline installer updated? I don't think you understand what the usecase is, here. I don't legally own Stellaris on GOG. If I did, I'd just play the linux native version they provide.

That's a huge piece of software to do this one thing...

You know this is a piracy forum, yeah? If I owned it, I'd just install the native linux version.

It was really that simple! Thank you so much, I had no idea proton could just be run like this.

Full tutorial for potential future readers:

First add the base game installer as a non-steam game and run it, then close the installer when it is done.

Go to the shortcut settings for the non-steam game (the installer) and set TARGET to "C:\GOG Games\Stellaris\stellaris.exe" and START IN to "C:\GOG Games\Stellaris"

Run the game to confirm it works. Close the game, then adjust and run the script. Start the game and confirm the DLC were added. It should just work.

I have also uploaded this script here https://drkt.eu/files/scripts/install-stellaris-gog-dlc-on-proton.sh

#!/bin/bash

# PROTON="$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton 10/proton"
PROTON="/mnt/450G/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Proton 10.0/proton"
PREFIX="$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/3543916168"

DLC_DIR="$HOME/Downloads/stellaris_4.2.3_(86961)_win_gog/DLC"

export STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH="$HOME/.steam/steam"
export STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH="$PREFIX"

INSTALLERS=$(find "$DLC_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "setup_stellaris*.exe")

if [ -z "$INSTALLERS" ]; then
    echo "No DLC installers found."
    exit 1
fi

echo "Running Stellaris DLC installers in silent mode under Proton..."
echo

for inst in $INSTALLERS; do
    echo "Installing: $(basename "$inst")"
    # /silent or /VERYSILENT
    "$PROTON" run "$inst" /silent
    echo
done

echo "Done. DLC should now be installed inside the Proton prefix."

I never understood why they called it Classic

It's not what TF2 used to be; it's an entirely new direction. So weird.

If it wasn't so predatory, it could be an amazing Planetside 2 successor.

If you or your service are not under UK jurisdiction, they can pound sand about it.