How can I deal with websites blocking a shared hostel IP address?
I live in a hostel where many residents use the same router and therefore appear to websites under one public IPv4 address. I'm increasingly seeing blocks, rate limits,…
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What CDN or hosting setup avoids Spain’s match-day IP blocks?
A significant portion of my users in Spain temporarily lose access to my website during football matches. Spanish ISPs appear to block IP ranges associated with CDN providers…
Why Am I Getting Access Denied on Sparknotes?
I've run into a weird issue where I'm completely blocked from accessing Sparknotes on all my devices. Every time I try to visit the site, I get an…
How to Handle AI Scrapers like Anthropic and OpenAI?
I've been dealing with some serious requests from AI scrapers, particularly from Anthropic, which has been hitting my site with 10 requests per second from multiple IPs. I've…
Can I Restrict Access to My Website Based on Location?
I recently built a website and I'm curious if there's a way to limit access to just people located in my city. Is this doable? Would it make…
Why are Microsoft IPs flooding my web server with unwanted traffic?
I've been dealing with unwanted traffic hitting my web servers, and it's all coming from Microsoft IP addresses. When I block one IP, they just switch to another…
Why can't I block an IP with Fail2Ban despite it showing as banned?
I've been trying to set up Fail2Ban with my Vaultwarden server running on Docker, but I noticed a weird issue. After purposely entering the wrong password to trigger…
Why Can I Still Access an IP After Fail2ban Has Banned It?
I'm running Vaultwarden with Docker and set up Fail2ban for security. After intentionally entering the wrong password a few times, I noticed that the IP got banned according…
How Can I Stop My IP from Getting Blocked by Email Providers?
Hey everyone! I run a website where users receive emails for actions like registration and password resets. However, with a surge in spammers trying to create accounts, I…