Re: Fastly bot blocker on packages.debian.org is awful

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Hello,

the PoW challenges used in some places under *.debian.org can now be
solved with a WebExtension [1] I've made for myself.  Without the need
to surrender to the (not even clearly licensed) JS that is dynamically
served by the site.

[1] https://git.koszko.org/simple-browser-extension/commit/?id=3Df6919c6034=
17b0e64f1c355f207f9b38a7a6e574

Perhaps some of you will find this useful as well :)

Best!
Wojtek

PS. I am not subscribed to debian-user@.  Please Cc [email protected].
    Thanks!

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On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:42:45 +0200
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 07:10:04PM +0200, W. Kosior wrote:
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> > Yes, I am disabling JS and the website says "Please enable JavaScript
> > to proceed." then. =20
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> I share your feeling. Actually, I avoid JS-only websites unless I
> really, really need them.
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> > [1] https://git.koszko.org/stop-crawlers?then=3Dsimple-browser-extensio=
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> Thanks for the pointer! I'm myself interested in such solutions/ideas.
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> Cheers



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