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 10 months ago
IP? No. Country, ASN and user agent? Yes. Which now will receive a captcha.
eureka@aussie.zone 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
smh
truxnell@aussie.zone 10 months ago
They probably had it comin
lodion@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Not from Australia.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 10 months ago
There’s another instance?
Nath@aussie.zone 10 months 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 10 months ago
quokk.au maybe? Dunno.