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Re:Show HN: “HTTP 419 Never Gonna Give You Up” for bots by rascul on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:45AM (#29035255)
Could there be legal repercussions for doing this?
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Re:Show HN: “HTTP 419 Never Gonna Give You Up” for bots by theshrike79 on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:21AM (#29035420)
It's your server and someone is accessing it. It's up to you what you serve them.

If you want to be clear, you can put the gzip bomb behind a link that says "do not click, gzip bomb". The bot won't know the difference.

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Re:Show HN: “HTTP 419 Never Gonna Give You Up” for bots by dusted on Friday October 29, 2021 @05:09AM (#29036692)
Pre "guy views html source gets home raided for haxx0ring" I'd have said "you silly!"

Now... I'd say "there shouldn't be, it's your server, people can chose to access it or not, but if the right kind of fool comes along, there's no knowing where the stupid ends."

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