Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 -- Dr. Peter Dzwig