Ask HN: How to Catch Bad Bots?
I do part-time server admin & wonder how others monitor their webserver(s) for badly behaving bots like scrapers, DDoS, etc. What tools & procedures do you use & follow?
I do part-time server admin & wonder how others monitor their webserver(s) for badly behaving bots like scrapers, DDoS, etc. What tools & procedures do you use & follow?
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I appreciate your raising the question here, as maybe we can hear from people on front lines. There are, meanwhile, some interesting starting points at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDoS#Prevention_and_response