Submitted 1 day ago by DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works to selfhosted@lemmy.world
I run a SearXNG instance and rate limiting has never been a issue until now. so i wanted to ask what the cheapest and most privacy respecting vpn/proxys are to use.
So like, if you passed on the rate limiting to your users, would you get less rate limited from the search providers that SearXNG uses?
Keep it private only to yourself? I do this, and never been rate limited.
i want to keep it public is the thing
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
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Take this with a grain of salt since I haven’t done much scraping (yet; I have a project I just started planning)
I’ve heard you’re more likely to get blocked for using a VPN since some sites will block requests originating from data centers, which is less likely to happen coming from a residential IP address. (Although if you’re already using a VPS, the right proxy may help)
This might be useless advice, but it might just be best to increase (and randomize) the amount of time between requests.
And to answer your question, Mullvad is what I use, and it’s what I see reccomended (from both Reddit, and The Wirecutter) the most often because they store so little of your data, and you can even pay in cash.
i use a vps so ill see if somthing like mullvad could work thanks.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Can you explain a bit more about the setup?
Like would just using a VPS with pangolin secure tunnel work? Or does it have to be a vpn for some other reason?
Asking because maybe the question really boils down to the VPS provider with the best data transfer rates