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Ask HN: Fun or clever ways to teach bots a lesson?
One of our clients has stopped using WordPress but is still seeing a lot of traffic to the usual core php files (ex: wp-admin.php / wp-login.php / xmlrpc.php). Instead of blocking these and returning a 403, what do you guys suggest would be a fun or clever way to handle these? Make these bots download a gigantic blob file? Make a fake login page that submits their info to the abuse address of their own host? Something else?
- brudgers 5y agoIt's your bandwidth. Do you want to use it to send gigantic blob files to non-customers/users? Making things suck is usually a low-ROI approach. There's nothing to take personally when it comes to bots. Good luck.