I found that using a wildcard domain cert for HTTPS and an uncommon higher port number works just fine to avoid crawlers and scrapers. I also hide my ssh port behind WireGuard because I got annoyed with the bots filling up my logs with failed attempts. I’ve been doing that for nearly a year now and I have had no more issues with bots
I’m going off the assumption that the people who run crawlers and scrapers are going for known common ports for quick ease of access
I don’t feel the need to run anything extra such as Anubis either. The inconvenience of using an uncommon higher port number has been minimal and I still get to enjoy my tiny corner of the internet
I share my site with only with people I know personally and they don’t seem to have any issue accessing my site
They don’t seem too bothered adding :8000 to the address. Also they are usually connecting at home or on their phone and are not frequently visiting it so the inconveniences are minimal
I found that using a wildcard domain cert for HTTPS and an uncommon higher port number works just fine to avoid crawlers and scrapers. I also hide my ssh port behind WireGuard because I got annoyed with the bots filling up my logs with failed attempts. I’ve been doing that for nearly a year now and I have had no more issues with bots
I’m going off the assumption that the people who run crawlers and scrapers are going for known common ports for quick ease of access
I don’t feel the need to run anything extra such as Anubis either. The inconvenience of using an uncommon higher port number has been minimal and I still get to enjoy my tiny corner of the internet
Higher port? I suppose you just run things for yourself and never share them on the public internet then.
I share my site with only with people I know personally and they don’t seem to have any issue accessing my site
They don’t seem too bothered adding
:8000to the address. Also they are usually connecting at home or on their phone and are not frequently visiting it so the inconveniences are minimal