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these old network security techniques don't really work anymore. the common bots are at known IP ranges, the problem bots are all on datacenter + residential pr
by nikcub 4mo ago
these old network security techniques don't really work anymore. the common bots are at known IP ranges, the problem bots are all on datacenter + residential proxies.
- CyberDildonics 4mo agoWhy would blocking those be a problem?
- nikcub 4mo agothere are 150M+ of them and you'll be taking out a lot of human users with it modern blocking is behaviour / heuristic based
- CyberDildonics 4mo agoThere are 150 million bots all using residential IP addresses?
- chadgpt3 4mo agobecause you are blocking all of Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile, British Telecom, .... at the end you have blocked every network with human visitors and only datacenter IPs can access your site. The proxies rotate IP every day, so you either have ineffective blocking or you block the whole network.