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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 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

It is WILD that someone from another team asks for help and replies with "lol" to dismiss your response. You need to correct that behaviour or they will treat you like shit going forward.

[–] Nyvios@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

No, they are replying about the tld .lol, lol

[–] Jaleik@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They didn't reply "lol" they replied ".lol?" because of the tld. I agree it sounds unprofessional though, who would choose that for their domain if its meant to be a legit/serious tool?

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

Nerds have dorky humor. Deal with it.