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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.

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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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[–] Crescent@fedinsfw.app -2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

You immediately trying to put an age on the mascot is totally not weird, either.

Why would anyone care what the domain name or the mascot for a tool is, if it does the job?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

OP is relaying an opinion they got from multiple people and frankly an expected one. You got weirdly mad at them for it.

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[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So many unhelpful responses here... This is obviously a problem in some professional environments. Same problem with Gimp...

Sorry OP, you're probably stuck with Cloudflare.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social -1 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Thanks yea I see there are some reasonable people here in the comments.

Nobody has suggested a solution to my problem, most responses just say that my coworkers need to grow up, or that I need to fight harder at work or some BS.

None of that address the Issue.

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