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		codeflo on Aug 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IPv6 support for cloning Git repositories from Git... Wouldn’t it be reasonable for their backend to only accept (write) requests from whatever the anti-spam proxy is? Otherwise, there’s little point.

tambre on Aug 24, 2022 [–]

Currently there are no proxies in front and you connect directly to their baremetal server hosting the site. I presume the anti-spam system is custom-built and part of their own codebase. Cloudflare is officially sanctioned, but retired from widespread use.

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