Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]VPNs sometimes help clients, but rarely servers. If a server is to provide access to something, it must have a well-known and accessible IP address. Whether that address is behind a VPN or not must be transparent to any client wanting to access the server. Switching a server to a VPN will not change the behavior of its users. On 2025-12-26 09:21, Peter Dzwig wrote: > Is it worth considering putting both behind different VPNs (i.e. > Different server virtual addresses)? > > Peter > > On 26/12/2025 02:04, Brian Reid wrote: >> I also host the Large Format Photography site. I don?t contribute to >> it (the largest-format camera that I currently own and use is a Q2) >> but I help operate it and own its server computer. It has a vast >> number of huge pictures (most of them shot on 8x10 film). They often >> see 15,000 simultaneous connections from thirsty AI bots. >> >> On 2025-12-25 16:39, Douglas Barry wrote: >>> Well Brian, it is Happy Chaosday today and, unfortunately for all of >>> us, probably for the remainder of our lives. >>> That downloading by multiple bots is what we, over here anyway, call >>> a >>> pain in the hole, but not really surprising, as any comforting notion >>> of privacy these days vanishes faster than morning frost in the >>> Sahara. What new horrors await us in 2026? >>> Thanks for trying to defend our honour and our images against >>> overwhelming odds. Have a happy christmas and a prosperous new year - >>> and the same goes for all Luggers out there. >>> >>> Douglas >>> Blind busy, but sadly not in the photographic area at the moment. >>> >>> >>> On 25/12/2025 05:44, Brian Reid wrote: >>>> Every time I turn the gallery server on again, it immediately got >>>> flooded with AI bots stealing images. >>>> So I have turned it off for the night. It is currently 21:45 >>>> California time, so it?s going to stay off until my morning. Maybe >>>> the pirates will turn their attention elsewhere, and maybe they >>>> won?t. The torrent that arrived most recently was mostly from >>>> Russia. >>>> >>>> On 2025-12-24 15:32, Brian Reid wrote: >>>>> There are hundreds of different IPs in use, so blocking them is >>>>> futile. >>>>> I turned off the server. We shall see if it goes away. I suspect it >>>>> will be stubborn. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2025-12-24 09:56, Christopher Crawford via LUG wrote: >>>>>> Why don?t you block the IP that the bot is coming from, and if not >>>>>> possible, shut the server down until it goes away, instead of >>>>>> letting >>>>>> it steal LUG members? photos? >>>>>> >>>>>> Christopher Crawford >>>>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>>>>> >>>>>> My Portfolio >>>>>> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Learn From Me >>>>>> https://crawfordphotoschool.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Watchmaker Chris >>>>>> https://watchmakerchris.com >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 24, 2025, at 12:51?PM, Brian Reid >>>>>>> <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Today again the gallery has a heavy load. Today there is an AI >>>>>>> bot in Brazil that is downloading every image, but it is being >>>>>>> nicer than was yesterday?s Chinese download, and is using only 20 >>>>>>> parallel streams. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information