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Apologies if I'm being dense, but is there some technical reason why it does not use the referrer to selectively block this traffic rather than blocking it for
by hifier 12y ago
Apologies if I'm being dense, but is there some technical reason why it does not use the referrer to selectively block this traffic rather than blocking it for everyone?
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- pyre 12y agoThe content doesn't seem to be blocked if you remove the trailing slash. I don't really have an answer for you aside from that though. E.g.: - This works: https://github.com/greatfire https://github.com/greatfire - This doesn't: https://github.com/greatfire/ https://github.com/greatfire/ So far as I know, most links (external or internal) to a Github user's page do not use the trailing slash, so the effects would presumably be minimal.
- jurre 12y agoParsing the referrer would still require some work from their servers right?
- hifier 12y agoSure. I suppose that could be the reason. However, something like HA proxy[1] and (IIRC) CDNs like Akamai can be configured to inspect the headers and take various action. [1] http://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/configuration-1.5.html#6 http://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/configuration-1.5.html...