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Open Source Infrastructure is Breaking Down Due to Corporate Freeloading
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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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So what's the solution to keep abusive access from psudo-ddosing open projects? IP range blocks? Keeping access behind accounts as a speed bump for bots and a tool for tracking abuse?
Anecdotally, I only keep services that require an account to get past the landing page on my VPS. (I'm very new to self hosting and haven't figured out ways to stop bots/scrapers yet.) So I think if nothing else, that's a pretty easy starting point.