If you've noticed that the Mastodon stampede DDoS is back, hammering your servers even though you have applied countermeasures -- that's because they CHANGED THEIR FUCKING USER AGENT for no good reason and without telling anybody.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

If you've noticed that the Mastodon stampede DDoS is back, hammering your servers even though you have applied countermeasures -- that's because they CHANGED THEIR FUCKING USER AGENT for no good reason and without telling anybody.

Ok, yes, technically the plans were on display in a toilet with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard".

Prepend "^Mastodon\/|" to your regexps.

Sigh.

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