Re: debbugs2p development system web status update

[Michael Albinus]

Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:

> Hi Michael!

Hi Bob,

> I think it would be useful to modify that so that the main site
> requires the name site as a VirtualHost and the let _default_ funnel
> all other requests into a simple landing page.  That would mostly
> avoid the endless onslaught of botnets probing IP addresses from
> landing there and then overloading the web site crawling the archive
> of postings.
>
> It does not address legitimate crawlings by name for the production
> site.  But for the development site it should raise the fence level
> for getting over it into the archive.

Yes, this would be good for now. When we start working (again) on the
development system, we will also need SOAP access to it. I don't know,
whether this requires a more detailed config. Just a reminder.

> Bob

Best regards, Michael.