Merge branch 'rs/for-each-ref-start-after-marker-fix': A Web Protection Measure
As you try to access this website, you may notice that it's not loading as expected. This is because the administrator has set up an additional layer of protection called Anubis to safeguard the server against a growing threat: AI-powered web scrapers.
Anubis is a complex system designed to make scraping websites more expensive and time-consuming for malicious actors. It does this by introducing a proof-of-work scheme, similar to Hashcash, which requires users to complete a simple mathematical task to prove they're not a bot. While this may seem like an added inconvenience for legitimate users, the intention is to make it much harder for AI-powered scrapers to access the website without detection.
The idea behind Anubis is that at individual scales, the additional load is negligible, but when combined with the vast resources of mass scraper operations, it becomes prohibitively expensive. This makes it much more difficult for malicious actors to scrape websites, which in turn protects the server and its users from abuse.
However, Anubis requires modern JavaScript features that many plugins, including JShelter, disable by default. To access this website, you'll need to disable JShelter or other such plugins to enable JavaScript. Unfortunately, a full no-JS solution is still in development, and until then, users like yourself must be able to run JavaScript to bypass the challenge.
It's worth noting that Anubis version 1.20.0 is currently running on this website. While it may seem like an added hurdle for users, the real purpose of Anubis is to give developers more time to work on fingerprinting and identifying headless browsers, such as those used by AI-powered scrapers.
Unfortunately, the current implementation means that you must enable JavaScript to access this website. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we hope that future updates will bring a no-JS solution that's both effective and accessible for all users.