Comment on How to Build a Powerful Reverse Proxy Firewall for Blocking the Evil Web-Scraping Robot Hordes from Hell
Using a VPN that you forgot is on?
Yep. Why do you ask?
Because the VPN might be the reason you’re being blocked from the page.
Why would a post on a blog site about blocking AI bots be relevant to my VPN?
Since multiple people will be using the same IP when using a VPN. If one person is a bad actor and causes the IP to be blacklisted, it will affect you too.
Uranibab said.
Try turning off your VPN.
BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Yep. Why do you ask?
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Because the VPN might be the reason you’re being blocked from the page.
BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Why would a post on a blog site about blocking AI bots be relevant to my VPN?
uranibaba@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Since multiple people will be using the same IP when using a VPN. If one person is a bad actor and causes the IP to be blacklisted, it will affect you too.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Uranibab said.
Try turning off your VPN.