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Forbidden - not the Planet

Started by RET, October 20, 2025, 08:41:22 PM

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RET

October 20, 2025, 08:41:22 PM
Did you try and log in and get a big splash that said you were forbidden?

Blame Generative AI. God I hate that shit.

Long story short, a web-scraper somehow consumed most of the 60GB of bandwidth/month allocated to this site reading this forum, which contains only a tiny fraction of that volume.

I have implemented a new blocker to stop them, as well as upped the bandwidth limit on this site to 80GB. I'll keep an eye on it over the next few days to ensure it's working as expected.

It is pretty easy to spot the culprit:
OurCarClub.com.au is a web-based data management application, custom built for car clubs and their volunteer officials. More info...

Gman

#1
October 21, 2025, 07:22:49 AM
cloud flare works wonders

ardiesse

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October 21, 2025, 04:05:17 PM
Yep.  It was close to the end of the month, and the "users active" count is usually above 2000, so I wondered if it was LLM bots scraping content.

Rob

"See androids fighting Brad and Janet; Anne Francis stars in . . ."
Remember: if your Holden's not leaking oil, it doesn't have any.

blacky

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October 21, 2025, 06:28:22 PM
 you guys are speaking some foreign language I am sure of it .........
I spent most of my money on beer , fast cars and women - the rest I just wasted.

Errol62

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October 22, 2025, 08:41:11 AM
Thanks for sorting it out Richard


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