🛠️ AI-drop project – drop traffic fast from misbehaving crawlers (AGPL)
Summary
AI-drop is a free software project under the AGPL that uses honeypots and eBPF programs to quickly block traffic from misbehaving web crawlers that ignore robots.txt. It streams lists of flagged IPs to downstream Linux server instances for fast packet dropping.
Why it’s interesting
It addresses the failure of traditional IP or user-agent blocking by utilizing eBPF for fast packet drops and streaming honeypot-derived blacklists.
Target user
Linux server administrators and web hosts dealing with abusive web crawlers
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
Source: #HackerNews / Show HN
Summary
AI-drop is a free software project under the AGPL that uses honeypots and eBPF programs to quickly block traffic from misbehaving web crawlers that ignore robots.txt. It streams lists of flagged IPs to downstream Linux server instances for fast packet dropping.
Why it’s interesting
It addresses the failure of traditional IP or user-agent blocking by utilizing eBPF for fast packet drops and streaming honeypot-derived blacklists.
Target user
Linux server administrators and web hosts dealing with abusive web crawlers
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
Source: #HackerNews / Show HN