Could be a scraper? But it doesn’t sound much like one if the user agent wasn’t clear, or suspicious. A DoS attack would probably be making an odd request, intended to waste the most resources possible.
Ha! We are not even the biggest instance in Australia. Nor are we the oldest or most used.
The biggest/oldest Australian instance I know of is Blahaj. While you can argue they’re more global than Australian, I count them because 1. I am super proud of them and what they’ve built and 2. Ada is in Brisbane and active in our communities. 😀
lodion@aussie.zone 1 month ago
IP? No. Country, ASN and user agent? Yes. Which now will receive a captcha.
eureka@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Could be a scraper? But it doesn’t sound much like one if the user agent wasn’t clear, or suspicious. A DoS attack would probably be making an odd request, intended to waste the most resources possible.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I may have pissed off the users from that other Australian Lemmy instance today. I hope that didn’t cause it.
example@reddthat.com 1 month ago
smh
truxnell@aussie.zone 1 month ago
They probably had it comin
lodion@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Not from Australia.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
There’s another instance?
Nath@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ha! We are not even the biggest instance in Australia. Nor are we the oldest or most used.
The biggest/oldest Australian instance I know of is Blahaj. While you can argue they’re more global than Australian, I count them because 1. I am super proud of them and what they’ve built and 2. Ada is in Brisbane and active in our communities. 😀
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 month ago
quokk.au maybe? Dunno.