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Commit 9d7456fd authored by Markus Heiser's avatar Markus Heiser
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[fix] limiter.toml: botdetection.ip_limit turn off link_token by default 

To activate the ``link_token`` method in the ``ip_limit`` method add the
following to your ``/etc/searxng/limiter.toml``::

   [botdetection.ip_limit]
   link_token = true

Related: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/2357#issuecomment-1554116941


Signed-off-by: default avatarMarkus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
parent 66fdec0e

searx/botdetection/ip_limit.py

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@@ -9,9 +9,18 @@ bot request. This method requires a redis DB and needs a HTTP X-Forwarded-For_ 
header.  To take privacy only the hash value of an IP is stored in the redis DB

and at least for a maximum of 10 minutes.



The :py:obj:`link_token` method is used to investigate whether a request is

*suspicious*.  If the :py:obj:`link_token` method is activated and a request is

*suspicious* the request rates are reduced:

The :py:obj:`.link_token` method can be used to investigate whether a request is

*suspicious*.  To activate the :py:obj:`.link_token` method in the

:py:obj:`.ip_limit` method add the following to your

``/etc/searxng/limiter.toml``:



.. code:: toml



   [botdetection.ip_limit]

   link_token = true



If the :py:obj:`.link_token` method is activated and a request is *suspicious*

the request rates are reduced:



- :py:obj:`BURST_MAX` -> :py:obj:`BURST_MAX_SUSPICIOUS`

- :py:obj:`LONG_MAX` -> :py:obj:`LONG_MAX_SUSPICIOUS`

searx/botdetection/limiter.toml

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[botdetection.ip_limit]



link_token = true
 
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link_token = false
 
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