Hi Alexander, Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org> writes: > Hi, > > over christmas I found the time and motivation to update some things on > paste.d.n.. The backend of paste.debian.net has been updated to use Mojolicous > (yeah no rewrite, sometimes you have to adjust your goals to reality). > > This update introduces several technical and policy changes: > > Authentication: Now integrated with Salsa (GitLab) SSO. That also allows you to > manage your old pastes. I also took the opportunity to simplify some code and > removed the old "cookie" remember feature. > > Rate Limits: Authenticated users bypass automated (some) spam validation and > have relaxed rate limits. > > Privacy: Public indexing is disabled; all pastes are now hidden by default. > > Spam Mitigation: iocaine has been deployed to block AI scrapers. Users can now > flag pastes as spam for manual review. I also added some new spamfilters and > internal admin boards that allow me to easily review, delete and ban things. > > Retention: Strictly capped at a maximum of 90 days. To often paste.d.n was > misused distributing files, ransomware and so on. > Thanks for the upgrades and strengthening of the paste.d.n service! The spammers have been plaguing it for years and now they are finally being dealt with. Though currently the page layout is rather plain, and it seems that https://paste.debian.net/pastebin.css returns 404. Hopefully it is a simple fix. > API: The legacy XML-RPC API is retired and no longer available. Sorry for > breaking things (especially grml-paste), I wasn't aware someone is still using > it. Tools like pastebinit that use the form directly will continue to work > This however also breaks the little tool debpaste.el that I have been using, which also uses the XML-RPC API. Is there any alternative API planned? Or is there a tutorial on how to set up pastebinit for paste.d.n? > Source Code: Development has moved to Salsa: https://salsa.debian.org/formorer/paste-pl > > Upcoming URL Changes (Mid-February 2026) > > Once all legacy pastes have expired (expected mid-February), the URL structure > will be simplified. The /hidden/ path segment will be removed, and all pastes > will be accessible via: https://paste.debian.net/<id> > > Thanks > > Alex > Thanks again for the maintenance upgrades! -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
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