Re: Getting hit hard
> > I've had similar issues with web bots and the filter list on the Floodgap
> > proxy is about a mile long (people seem to think running Wget on it is
> > the best way to archive a particular gopher site). I know there's still some
> > disagreement about whether web spiders should be allowed to index through
> > gopher proxies or not (I fall firmly on the no side), but I think all proxy
> > operators agree we don't want to be DDoS vectors.
>
> Is there a good strategy how to deal with traffic from the tor network?
Other than blocking exit nodes, I'm not aware of one. Tor traffic hasn't been
a big deal for me but maybe they just haven't gotten around to beating on my
hardware yet.
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