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These are the kind of reactions I get when I recommend Anubis to deal with bots at work, what alternatives are there? (media.piefed.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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At work I was asked by a different team how we can deal with bots, because someone in my team remembered that I knew how to do it.

I reluctantly suggested Anubis because I got shit for it last time, This is the URL https://anubis.techaro.lol/

This is the 2nd and last time I will ever recommend Anubis anywhere at work to deal with bots because of how unprofessional, un-serious and weird others perceive it.

The mascot being a ~10 year old "cutsie" anime cat girl is weird in a work setting.
I will never put myself in a situation again where I have to explain that it's not weird to anyone again, same for that URL.

What is a professional looking open-source alternative to Anubis?

Edit: No I can't just send my colleges here https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper The issue is they find the Mascot and domain weird, they will still run into both.

My Goal: Recommend a Open-Source bot protection tool

The Issue: When I send my coworkers to https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper they find the mascot and URL weird.

Result: They don't see Anubis as a serious tool and turn away from it

What is a professional looking open-source alternative to Anubis?

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[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

have seen this one on the invidious instance i use https://gandalf.nerdvpn.de/

[–] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Doing bad decisions is part of simple sabotage, comrade.

[–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this something I can deploy on my homeland for my web facing services? Or am I miss understanding the purpose

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yes, your reverse proxy serves this and only then the actual service when the client solved it

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[–] notabot@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It is a big problem with a number of opensource projects that could get wider adoption and support, especially from businesses, but seem to, almost deliberately, work against that with their naming and/or branding.

Anubis is a perfect example. In this case the name is ok, and by all means have a cutsey mascot for the basic offering, but if they want businesses to subscribe they need a professional offering. That should be on a separate domain, styled to attract the decision makers in their target market, and that includes having a .com or similar domain name and a more serious logo. Do that, and it becomes a serious contender in the market, rather than a technically good but excessively kooky option.

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