Blunt Banhammer Blocks Basic Bots Ballistically
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Blunt Banhammer Blocks Basic Bots Ballistically was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 10, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 41 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #4 of 25, reached on Nov 10, 11:51 UTC. It is #13 right now, slipping from #11 to #13 over the last 6 checks.
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Trusting XFF header blindly sounds like a bad idea to me. If you have to use it (ie you are behind a proxy but don't control it or otherwise can't use PROXY protocol) you should generally validate that the connecting address (REMOTE_ADDR) is that proxy, before trusting XFF header - otherwise nothing stops someone…
i don’t know. it looks complicated. why not `tail -f access.log | grep honey` and firewall-ban the ips found!?
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Yes. As of Nov 10, 20:51 UTC it is #13, slipping from #11 to #13 over the last 6 checks.
#4 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 10, 11:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
It was first seen on Nov 10, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (41 checks) since.