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@mkljczk@mstdn.io
On the one hand its Gargrons right to allow whatever services he wants to access his API. This is no different than blocking a fediverse server. That said I think its unfair to call this a DDOS or even a misuse of the API.. In fact I'd say this is the very purpose of an activity pub endpoint, so anyone can access the data and interoperate with the server as they see fit.
@xorowl@mastodon.technology @jimpjorps @Gargron
@freemo @mkljczk @xorowl @jimpjorps It's DDoS when their software is coded in such a way that many IPs hit the same endpoints over and over in frequent fashion when they could simply cache the results
Fair, if a single client is hitting it excessively then it should be cached and isnt good etiquette for sure. Not quite sure I'd call it a DDoS but still, its bad design.
@mkljczk@mstdn.io @xorowl@mastodon.technology @jimpjorps
@freemo @mkljczk @xorowl @jimpjorps Again, it's distributed DoS because they release this software (a game mod) to end-users whose IPs are the ones hitting the endpoints. As far as I understand, anyway. I'm currently analyzing the log files to find out how many unique IPs the requests are coming from.
Honestly you dont have to justify yourself to me. I dont think your decision was bad per se. Just criticizing the harsh language which didnt seem fitting to me. Even if we agreed it isnt a DDoS you'd be justified in blocking them, all good.
@mkljczk@mstdn.io @xorowl@mastodon.technology @jimpjorps
