| Country/IP blocking on TWTD 10:42 - Mar 27 with 1937 views | GavTWTD |
Our sister site FansNetwork has been hit by a large number of bots from abroad. At the moment it's specifically China, Singapore, Russia and Vietnam. All using tens of thousands of different IP addresses generating hundreds of thousands of page views. On TWTD we've always blocked Russia but it make sense to block the others too. India and Pakistan are likely to be included too, maybe Brazil. Just checked Vietnam have used over 200,000 IP addresses in the last 24hrs.
If you're affected by this then we can override this for specific IP addresses but won't be able to if you're IP is dynamic. We'll start to do this next week. Get in touch please if this affects you or are in any of the countries listed.
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:47 - Mar 27 with 1816 views | Guthrum |
Bump, but also a suggestion to pin this Gav. |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:47 - Mar 27 with 1822 views | TheMoralMajority |
I'm sure you are aware, but just in case. I also run a website and get regularly bot-attacked. Unfortunately it turns into whack-a-mole as you block one territory, then a few days later they just spin up servers in a different territory.
CloudFlare has a free-tier and allows you to enable "under-attack" mode. It is not ideal, as it puts a capture challenge (not one of the puzzle solving ones, just a 'please wait...' then click the box one), and I think it messes with SEO, but I have found that enabling it and disabling it when I am/am not under attack has been a far less frustrating experience than whacking moles, and has kept my SEO fairly solid.
They also let you set rules for specific territories to show the challenge to, if you don't want to blanket challenge the whole site, but I've just found the "attack mode" switch a lot less labour intensive. [Post edited 27 Mar 10:49]
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:47 - Mar 27 with 1810 views | SamWhiteUK |
Get 'em, Gav |  | | |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:49 - Mar 27 with 1768 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Sounds like an absolute effing nightmare for you.
Thank you for all you do, Gav. |  | | |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:51 - Mar 27 with 1718 views | GlasgowBlue |
"we've always blocked Russia". I wondered why we haven't seen CIL for a while  |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:52 - Mar 27 with 1714 views | GavTWTD |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:47 - Mar 27 by Guthrum |
Bump, but also a suggestion to pin this Gav. |
Thanks for the bump, but was only 5 mins. The forum isn't that busy  | |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:58 - Mar 27 with 1667 views | GavTWTD |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:47 - Mar 27 by TheMoralMajority |
I'm sure you are aware, but just in case. I also run a website and get regularly bot-attacked. Unfortunately it turns into whack-a-mole as you block one territory, then a few days later they just spin up servers in a different territory.
CloudFlare has a free-tier and allows you to enable "under-attack" mode. It is not ideal, as it puts a capture challenge (not one of the puzzle solving ones, just a 'please wait...' then click the box one), and I think it messes with SEO, but I have found that enabling it and disabling it when I am/am not under attack has been a far less frustrating experience than whacking moles, and has kept my SEO fairly solid.
They also let you set rules for specific territories to show the challenge to, if you don't want to blanket challenge the whole site, but I've just found the "attack mode" switch a lot less labour intensive. [Post edited 27 Mar 10:49]
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I should ban all foreigners really... ... ...
Thanks. I'd rather not go that far but I have been surprised by the spread of IPs over territories. Another 1000 Vietnamese IPs since I wrote the OP. This is a first step though and I'll see how it develops. | |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 11:22 - Mar 27 with 1551 views | SitfcB |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:52 - Mar 27 by GavTWTD |
Thanks for the bump, but was only 5 mins. The forum isn't that busy |
Busy week, Gav? What’s the stats? |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 11:25 - Mar 27 with 1513 views | bartyg |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:58 - Mar 27 by GavTWTD |
I should ban all foreigners really... ... ...
Thanks. I'd rather not go that far but I have been surprised by the spread of IPs over territories. Another 1000 Vietnamese IPs since I wrote the OP. This is a first step though and I'll see how it develops. |
Don't say you've had someone round for sandwiches at TWTD towers too.. |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 11:25 - Mar 27 with 1508 views | NedPlimpton |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:58 - Mar 27 by GavTWTD |
I should ban all foreigners really... ... ...
Thanks. I'd rather not go that far but I have been surprised by the spread of IPs over territories. Another 1000 Vietnamese IPs since I wrote the OP. This is a first step though and I'll see how it develops. |
God, has Farage been invited for lunch at TWTD Towers too now? |  | | |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 11:29 - Mar 27 with 1465 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:58 - Mar 27 by GavTWTD |
I should ban all foreigners really... ... ...
Thanks. I'd rather not go that far but I have been surprised by the spread of IPs over territories. Another 1000 Vietnamese IPs since I wrote the OP. This is a first step though and I'll see how it develops. |
Coming over here, enabling our cookies... | | | |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 11:35 - Mar 27 with 1426 views | vapour_trail |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 11:25 - Mar 27 by NedPlimpton |
God, has Farage been invited for lunch at TWTD Towers too now? |
Phil gave Nige the last hob nob before he signed a shirt for twtd_mark.
I demand an explanation. |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 11:38 - Mar 27 with 1392 views | ElderGrizzly |
Blocking Russia. You're so anti-Farage... |  | | |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 12:10 - Mar 27 with 1252 views | SitfcB |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:58 - Mar 27 by GavTWTD |
I should ban all foreigners really... ... ...
Thanks. I'd rather not go that far but I have been surprised by the spread of IPs over territories. Another 1000 Vietnamese IPs since I wrote the OP. This is a first step though and I'll see how it develops. |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 12:14 - Mar 27 with 1214 views | hoppy |
How broad is the problem, is it onlyFansNetwork? |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 12:30 - Mar 27 with 1143 views | Camul123 |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 12:14 - Mar 27 by hoppy |
How broad is the problem, is it onlyFansNetwork? |
Do I have to pay to see what you did there? | | | |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 13:15 - Mar 27 with 1026 views | Bent_double |
Does this apply to VPN connections? I'm usually "in Brazil", should I just make sure this site bypasses the VPN? |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 14:04 - Mar 27 with 921 views | Vic |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 12:10 - Mar 27 by SitfcB |
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Sorry Sitters, but I really don;t want to see his face on here! |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 16:12 - Mar 27 with 710 views | Pendejo |
Just testing - Colombia is fine  |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 21:37 - Mar 27 with 352 views | Cafe_Newman |
I'm in France now, having previously posted successfully from Russia under a different username. Am I going to be blocked? |  |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 06:43 - Mar 28 with 137 views | tcblue |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:47 - Mar 27 by TheMoralMajority |
I'm sure you are aware, but just in case. I also run a website and get regularly bot-attacked. Unfortunately it turns into whack-a-mole as you block one territory, then a few days later they just spin up servers in a different territory.
CloudFlare has a free-tier and allows you to enable "under-attack" mode. It is not ideal, as it puts a capture challenge (not one of the puzzle solving ones, just a 'please wait...' then click the box one), and I think it messes with SEO, but I have found that enabling it and disabling it when I am/am not under attack has been a far less frustrating experience than whacking moles, and has kept my SEO fairly solid.
They also let you set rules for specific territories to show the challenge to, if you don't want to blanket challenge the whole site, but I've just found the "attack mode" switch a lot less labour intensive. [Post edited 27 Mar 10:49]
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You've slightly conflated two different things Cloudflare does there but the point remains, using a smart WAF is much more efficient than geoblocking IPs, which will only block bot and other bad actors who can't afford a VPN | | | |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:02 - Mar 28 with 58 views | GavTWTD |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 21:37 - Mar 27 by Cafe_Newman |
I'm in France now, having previously posted successfully from Russia under a different username. Am I going to be blocked? |
I very much doubt we'll block french traffic | |
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| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 10:04 - Mar 28 with 55 views | GavTWTD |
| Country/IP blocking on TWTD on 13:15 - Mar 27 by Bent_double |
Does this apply to VPN connections? I'm usually "in Brazil", should I just make sure this site bypasses the VPN? |
Brazil might be blocked yes. We can unblock a single IP but if you get around it another way that would0 be good. | |
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