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		xena 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anubis saved our websites from a DDoS attack Caches would only work if the bots were hitting routes that any human had ever hit before.

jillyboel 3 months ago [–]

They'd also work if the bot, or another bot, hits that route before. It's a wiki, the amount of content is finite and each route getting hit once isn't a problem.

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