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Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me

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597 points classichasclass | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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that_lurker ◴[25 Aug 25 07:41 UTC] No.45011319[source]▶
Why not just block the User Agent?
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1. lexicality ◴[25 Aug 25 09:53 UTC] No.45012119[source]▶
because you have to parse the http request to do that, while blocking the IP can be done at the firewall