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Re: [security-discuss] gnuradio project DoS attacks GNU wget users


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: [security-discuss] gnuradio project DoS attacks GNU wget users
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 13:18:55 -0500

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  > It will depend on what tor exit node you're using:
  > cloudflare is a provider who puts a proxy between
  > users and your servers in order to prevent bots from
  > connecting. If a tor exit node has a history of bot
  > activity then it will be marked as possibly malicious
  > by the cloudflare network and require you to fill in a
  > captcha, which is a simple task which requires non-free
  > javascript.

I had to answer a captcha, but it was a kind of captcha that does not
use nonfree JS code.  I had no trouble answering it.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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