Blocking an ASN (or similar) from my sites
The article discusses the challenges of managing artificial traffic from bots on personal websites. The author explores methods to block traffic from specific Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) to reduce this unwanted load. It also highlights the technical steps involved in implementing these blocks while addressing potential issues that may arise from such actions.
- ▪The author runs several popular websites and faces issues with artificial traffic from bots.
- ▪To block unwanted traffic, the author uses ASN lists and firewall configurations.
- ▪The process involves consolidating IP ranges to efficiently manage blocks and prevent server overload.
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Blocking an ASN (or similar) from my sites24th May 2026 I run a number of websites, some of which could even be said to be popular. I want humans to visit these websites, enjoy these websites, make their change of trains at New Street in good time, investigate miscarriages of justice, or find out the play they watched in London when hitch-hiking round Europe in the ’80s. But I find it harder to do this when my server is swamped with artificial traffic from bots, AI clankers, and whatever else nonsense there is nowadays (Weird Gloop has a good summary; I don’t have wikis but for other reasons am basically in the same boat).
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