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The Internet Archive is under a DDoS attack
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this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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Can you elaborate on the last part?
TBH I can understand that it's a problem for people who aren't expecting it. If they disregard instructions not to index things then that's also a problem. The only real way to prevent scrapers from replicating content is to place it behind a registration wall.
https://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-search-engines-dont-work-well-for-web-archives/
Does this answer the question?