Harden Rack::Attack and pagination against aggressive web crawlers - #4772
Harden Rack::Attack and pagination against aggressive web crawlers#4772CloCkWeRX wants to merge 2 commits into
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- Configure Allow2Ban in Rack::Attack to ban IPs requesting >500 pages per day for 1 week (7 days). - Add honeypot route /dont-crawl-me disallowed in robots.txt and configure Fail2Ban in Rack::Attack to ban IPs visiting it for 7 days upon 1 hit. - Update PhotosController#index to raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound when page parameter is out of bounds, returning 404 Not Found to crawlers instead of 200 OK. - Add request and controller specs for Rack::Attack rules and pagination 404 responses. Co-authored-by: CloCkWeRX <365751+CloCkWeRX@users.noreply.github.com>
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Remove error handling from index_everything method.
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@cesy what do you reckon with this? Production logs are all useless crawlers galore (semrush and clones), and a fair few end up on abuse lists. |
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This change hardens the Rack::Attack configuration against abusive web crawlers:
Allow2Baninconfig/initializers/rack_attack.rbto ban IPs that request more than 500 pages in a 24-hour period for 1 week (7 days)./dont-crawl-meinpublic/robots.txtandconfig/robots.txt, created the GET route inconfig/routes.rb, and configuredFail2BaninRack::Attackto ban any IP visiting/dont-crawl-mefor 7 days upon 1 hit.PhotosController#indexto raiseActiveRecord::RecordNotFoundwhen@photos.out_of_bounds?(e.g. requestingpage=105when fewer pages exist), returning HTTP 404 Not Found to stop crawlers from endlessly probing invalid page numbers.spec/requests/rack_attack_spec.rband updatedspec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rbto verify honeypot banning, rate limit banning, and 404 pagination responses.PR created automatically by Jules for task 2674394950484400196 started by @CloCkWeRX