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by codegeek3 hours ago |
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upvoteby djkurlander2 hours ago|
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I run an open source honeypot that collects these botnet scans and produces blocklists.

Blocklist download and configuration: https://knock-knock.net/blocklist

Honeypot dashboard, where you can see attempted attacks in realtime: http://knock-knock.net

API: http://knock-knock.net/api

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upvoteby Bender55 minutes ago|
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There are several methods. [1] The most aggressive method-02 and method-03 on my document will block VPS and some data-centers but that also means it will block some legit users that are on a VPN. Most VPNs transit a data-center. If experimenting with these methods use a test server that you do not care about and set up a dummy site and ask people in your circle of friends to test it. I have to step away for a bit but if you have questions I will try to answer.

[1] - https://nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260606-How-To-Block-Som...

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upvoteby nubinetwork15 minutes ago|
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Per your link...

> block http 1.1, real users only use 2.0

Chrome on android and Firefox on linux both appear to use 1.1 still...

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upvoteby VogonPoetry35 minutes ago|
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Your site does not currently seem to be reachable / responsive when I try to reach it from a US Comcast IPv4 address - you are not advertising IPv6.

Edit / Update: It was Apple's Private browsing mode that causes it not to respond. I can now see it when this is disabled.

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upvoteby basilikum2 hours ago|
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> /commercial IP from legitimate users

No, because legitimate users do not just use residential and "commercial" IPs. Like me, right now

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upvoteby VladVladikoff2 hours ago|
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You are the 0.001%
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upvoteby basilikum2 hours ago|
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Much more than 0.001% of people care about their privacy or (the larger portion) do not have unfiltered access to the internet.
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upvoteby Bender54 minutes ago|
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I second this. When I have tested blocking VPS/data-centers to my silly blog there were about a dozen people on HN [1] that could not view my site out of the roughly ~17,000 (not counting bots) that could. It's not a big number but those are real people and they count.

I am going to move full blocking to a test node that people can play with but I have to finish working with Claude to revise someones repo is is no longer maintained because one does not simply put an anonymous chan board on the great wide open internets without some critical thinking.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060945

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upvoteby VladVladikoff2 hours ago|
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Yes but it’s not cheap. Maxmind and ipinfo etc sell a tier that tells you this information, then you can 403 based on it. But the price is nuts like $40,000 a year.
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upvoteby yardstick48 minutes ago|
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Open source works just fine for this - take a look at geoacumen-country

https://github.com/geoacumen/geoacumen-country

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upvoteby reincoder1 hours ago|
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I work for IPinfo. We offer IPinfo Lite for free. With a little bit of time in identifying the ASNs, you can implement a decent way to block a good number of bots fairly easily using the free data alone.
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upvoteby gavinhking1 hours ago|
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Good to know, thank you. Would you do this by fully blocking particular ASNs? Or something more granular?
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upvoteby reincoder35 minutes ago|
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You can block entire ASNs. If you are frustrated with bots, blocking Tencent's entire IP address space would have very few downsides.

If you have fail2ban or NGINX logs, you can use our CLI to summarize those IPs and identify the ASNs you want to block. But before you block entire ASNs, make sure they are not classified as "ISP" type. For that, visit our website's ASN page first.

I have quite a few community posts around this approach. https://community.ipinfo.io/

If you have raw logs, you can send them to me as well, and I can review them and provide some guidance.

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upvoteby KomoD2 hours ago|
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You don't need to spend anywhere near $40k a year to get that info... You don't even need to spend $1
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upvoteby gavinhking1 hours ago|
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What's your strategy?
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upvoteby sparkling1 hours ago|
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Focsec.com IP database for offline use (datacenters, VPNs, proxies, bots) runs around $1k/month for internal-only use.
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