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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by o11c on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @07:29PM (#44967567)
> A lot of these bots consume a shit load of resources specifically because they don't handle cookies, which causes some software (in my experience, notably phpBB) to consume a lot of resources. (Why phpBB here? Because it always creates a new session when you visit with no cookies. And sessions have to be stored in the database. Surprise!) Forcing the bots to store cookies to be able to reasonably access a service actually fixes this problem altogether.

... has phpbb not heard of the old "only create the session on the second visit, if the cookie was successfully created" trick?

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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by jchw on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @07:49PM (#44967679)
phpBB supports browsers that don't support or accept cookies: if you don't have a cookie, the URL for all links and forms will have the session ID in it. Which would be great, but it seems like these bots are not picking those up either for whatever reason.
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