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Why would websites block access from ec2?

• burgerbrain 15y ago
  No idea. Last time I bothered trying Stack Overflow did though. (That was a while ago, when it was still called that.)
  • simonbrown 15y ago
    It's still called stackoverflow (?).
    • burgerbrain 15y ago
      Oh. I thought they switched to stackexchange or something stupid like that. Whichever, I don't use the site much.
  • ef4 14y ago
    Yeah, the whole Stack Overflow family of websites blocks EC2. Other examples include Yelp and Bank of America.
• codexon 15y ago
  Because you can spin up a new ip for a couple of cents to avoid bans.
• jacquesm 15y ago
  - 0 sales - lots of headaches - badly behaved bots - griefers - ban avoiders - wanna-be hackers aka script kiddies Why would one not want to block access to a website from ec2?