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 2 weeks ago
IP? No. Country, ASN and user agent? Yes. Which now will receive a captcha.
eureka@aussie.zone 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
smh
truxnell@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
They probably had it comin
lodion@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Not from Australia.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
There’s another instance?
Nath@aussie.zone 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
quokk.au maybe? Dunno.