Re: Dealing with bot traffic - what tools/services are you using?

From: Eric Lease Morgan <00000107b9c961ae-dmarc-request_at_nyob> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:47:44 -0400 To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG

On Apr 30, 2026, at 2:35 PM, Lucky, Shannon <shannon.lucky_at_usask.ca> wrote:

> ...Specifically I am wondering who is using services like Cloudflare or implementing OS solutions like Anubis, or are you using something else?...

I deal with this problem at the network interface level. More specifically, my server's have a firewall in front of them. Your's almost definitely does too. I then identify undesirable IP addresses coming into my server and configure the firewall to disallow them up front. They never get into my network in first place. Even more specifically, I use the following command from the server's terminal:

  firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter INPUT_direct 0 -s 180.76.15.6 -j DROP

Your specific implementation may differ, but the principle is the same.

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Eric Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu>