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 1 year ago
IP? No. Country, ASN and user agent? Yes. Which now will receive a captcha.
eureka@aussie.zone 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
smh
truxnell@aussie.zone 1 year ago
They probably had it comin
lodion@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Not from Australia.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 year ago
There’s another instance?
Nath@aussie.zone 1 year 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 1 year ago
quokk.au maybe? Dunno.