I serve 1Gb of /dev/null to every scraper that tries known CVE endpoints. Fuck '... | Hacker News

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

login

trollied 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Against /tmp

I serve 1Gb of /dev/null to every scraper that tries known CVE endpoints. Fuck 'em.

anyfoo 4 months ago [–]

How much is 1 GB*0 bytes? Better serve 1GB of /dev/zero instead! (Or even better, /dev/urandom, because zeroes compress very well and are easy to spot.)

Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact