Some of us in the MediaWiki Stakeholders’ Group created a Matrix/Element chat as a joint task force to discuss this specific topic further.
You can join with this link: https://matrix.to/#/%23WART%3Amatrix.org We were going to discuss options like Anubis, HAProxy, Cloudflare, etc., but let’s all pool together our experiences so we don’t have to figure these things out on our own. aapkaa jeffrey On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM Lewis Cawte via Wikitech-l < wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > As an aside, can I say thank you for the suggestion in this public setting. > > I know it's not nessesarily a MediaWiki specific topic, but, can we > mention it on MW.org somewhere because I know a few MW site owners who've > been getting absolutely hammered by the same problem, and like Bryan, don't > want to end up blocking potential legitimate traffic or using third party > services. > > I've rolled Anubis out today on ShoutWiki and initial results are looking > positive - even if the documentation left a bit to be desired. > > -- Lewis Cawte > > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2025, 01:06 Bryan Davis, <bd...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM AntiCompositeNumber >> <a...@anticomposite.net> wrote: >> > >> > https://anubis.techaro.lol/ is currently being deployed by a number of >> other sites, small and large, from the Arch Wiki to UNESCO. It is MIT >> licensed, sits between a front proxy and the appserver, and uses a >> proof-of-work CAPTCHA to prevent bots. It is a blunt hammer, but it's >> probably better than IP blocking. There is some ability to allow acceptable >> bots: https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/policies/ >> > >> > https://git.gammaspectra.live/git/go-away is a similar project with >> more configuration available, but I haven't heard as many folks deploying >> it. >> > >> > I don't like advocating for these masures. >> > I'm not sure there are any other reasonable options for >> resource-limited projects. >> >> Anubis is on my list of potential tricks to try. I agree that proof of >> work proxies are not an ideal solution, but maybe they are slightly >> less terrible than outright blocks on 12% of the internet as I have >> done today. >> >> Bryan >> -- >> Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation >> Principal Software Engineer Boise, ID USA >> [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] irc: bd808 >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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