From 3e43198b94f6c6678418b54f69a60ef79b61450c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Runxi Yu Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 09:41:07 +0800 Subject: Note on demo instance --- README.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bbd7f4c..a63ee96 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Powxy is a reverse proxy that protects your upstream service by challenging clients with SHA-256 proof-of-work. -A demo instance is available at [git.runxiyu.org](https://git.runxiyu.org/). -It may experience occasional outages. +A demo instance used to be available. Due to various backend performance +improvements, it became no longer necessary to protect it against scrapers, +so the Powxy instance was removed. The goal is to discourage scraping, as it becomes expensive for a client to perform en masse. This is especially useful at protecting things like Git @@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ program provided near the HTML form, and submit their nonce manually. - We should allow Git clients and RSS readers. - If a user is attempting to submit a POST request but their powxy cookie is invalid, powxy would redirect them to a challenge, and their POST data will + be lost. - It does not work when duplex connections are needed, e.g. with Git's Smart HTTP protocol. -- cgit v1.2.3