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  A Petition to remove the Galaxy Fence

Mafketel:_super_admin::_male:Posted at 2023-09-12 18:12:06(62Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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veryCoolGuy wrote:

Why not use Cloudflare as DDoS/bot protection? It works well and for example RARBG was using it.
Also GalaxyFence is killing all radarr/sonarr setups, because it's constantly unavailable :_:(
Even on rarbg I ran into a capcha..
It doesn't matter what you use..
Each and every ddos protection has its flaws and every Site chooses what they deem right.
We all run into it guests, members, uploaders and staff.
When logging in, searching for torrents.
I know how annoying it is and I don't like it either but it's here and here to stay.
I rather have to fill it in a 1000 times a day then having to hope and pray that I'm able to access the site.

 
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veryCoolGuyPosted at 2023-09-12 20:50:06(62Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Mafketel wrote:

veryCoolGuy wrote:

Why not use Cloudflare as DDoS/bot protection? It works well and for example RARBG was using it.
Also GalaxyFence is killing all radarr/sonarr setups, because it's constantly unavailable :_:(
Even on rarbg I ran into a capcha..
It doesn't matter what you use..
Each and every ddos protection has its flaws and every Site chooses what they deem right.
We all run into it guests, members, uploaders and staff.
When logging in, searching for torrents.
I know how annoying it is and I don't like it either but it's here and here to stay.
I rather have to fill it in a 1000 times a day then having to hope and pray that I'm able to access the site.
1337x is also using CloudFlare and there is no captcha, so I think it's possible.
On RARBG you could ran into a captcha only if you were using VPN (and sometimes adblocks), but API requests were never disturbed by captcha.

 
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battlestar:_trusted_uploader::_sitefriend::_male::_sitelover::_junkie:Posted at 2023-09-13 04:20:33(62Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Mafketel wrote:

I rather have to fill it in a 1000 times a day then having to hope and pray that I'm able to access the site.
I realise thats an exageration, by you, but even 10 times a day would very quickly become tiresome, even to those who believe its doing anything useful.

Its not stopping ddos attacks, they have to be intercepted before you even reach the site.
DDOS is designed to overwhelm a site by flooding it with requests, it doesnt care what the site responds with.
Most are SYN or UDP floods, not even designed (or intended) to load an actual page, but to simply kill the server.

How is serving up a fence page instead of a login page helping ?
Defenders keep repeating what they are told - that its "protecting the site" but no one can actually tell you how its doing that.
You can at least point to stopping searches and say its putting less strain on the server if someone is attempting a large number, but at the same time, its denying users what they wanted to do, so you have perfromed your own Denial of Service on them anyway.

 
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XannyFamily:_junkie::_turtle:Posted at 2023-09-13 05:21:56(62Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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battlestar wrote:

Mafketel wrote:

I rather have to fill it in a 1000 times a day then having to hope and pray that I'm able to access the site.
I realise thats an exageration, by you, but even 10 times a day would very quickly become tiresome, even to those who believe its doing anything useful.

Its not stopping ddos attacks, they have to be intercepted before you even reach the site.
DDOS is designed to overwhelm a site by flooding it with requests, it doesnt care what the site responds with.
Most are SYN or UDP floods, not even designed (or intended) to load an actual page, but to simply kill the server.

How is serving up a fence page instead of a login page helping ?
Defenders keep repeating what they are told - that its "protecting the site" but no one can actually tell you how its doing that.
You can at least point to stopping searches and say its putting less strain on the server if someone is attempting a large number, but at the same time, its denying users what they wanted to do, so you have perfromed your own Denial of Service on them anyway.
If I had to guess (I've not run any tests as I only rarely come across the fence despite using a VPN 24/7) I would assume the captcha page is served up by a separate server or CDN, or at least some kind of separate load balancer, so it takes traffic that sets off warning signs and redirects it to a separate website unless it can pass the captcha and prove it is human.

A lot of sites and CDNs do the exact same thing. Cloudflare is absolutely included, I use it for some of my own sites and depending on the config it makes you pass a captcha before you can access the site if you use any VPN at all. And even if you configure it to be lax, it still does the same 99% of the time you visit the site via Tor unless there's also an onion URL provided - obviously, those don't go through Cloudflare.

Out of curiosity, since I have Tor Browser open already I browsed TG's onion for a bit and had no gate or captchas at all. Not long enough to be conclusive but it's worth a shot if you get it often on the clearnet. Main rule is don't keep multiple TG tabs open, Tor sites always hit you with a captcha for doing that.

 
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Gershy13Posted at 2023-09-21 16:22:41(61Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Im having this issue too. Not using a VPN or anything. Just constant captchas. My main use is Sonarr/Radarr through Prowlarr, however it does not work reliably because of the captchas failing and galaxyfence just stopping it from working. Anyone got any fixes for Sonarr?

 
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RedbullPosted at 2023-09-22 21:15:26(61Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Gershy13 wrote:

Im having this issue too. Not using a VPN or anything. Just constant captchas. My main use is Sonarr/Radarr through Prowlarr, however it does not work reliably because of the captchas failing and galaxyfence just stopping it from working. Anyone got any fixes for Sonarr?
I use sonarr/radarr but I use jacket instead of prowlarr. I have all traffic going through a socks 4 and it seems to be ok but it does act up on certain ips so maybe you can try switching ips and see how it goes. On protonvpn there are some usa ones that seem to work out ok also it is the free ones that are working with sonarr radarr etc.

 
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ModuRazielPosted at 2023-10-12 17:07:12(58Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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GalaxyFence is cancer and needs to be erased

 
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Mafketel:_super_admin::_male:Posted at 2023-10-12 20:46:57(58Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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ModuRaziel wrote:

GalaxyFence is cancer and needs to be erased
Unfortunately there is still no cure for cancer.
So until then... Just jump the fence...

 
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bobbypantsPosted at 2023-10-15 22:15:09(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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it's annoying but not as bad as g00gles ffs I had to do like 20 motorcycle squares just to search so gave up and used brave search instead. Must be my vpn.

 
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LionElBunny:_trusted_user::_male::_sitelover::_kitty::_turtle:Posted at 2023-10-17 20:18:22(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Most sites have some kind of barrier or fence and captcha is common. I don't think that's the problem, I think it's that it's very annoying and infuriating the method used here. Because you are deliberately distorting and hiding characters, they are hard to see and we have to try and make sure we understand them. You put punctuation marks between characters, but when we type it into the captcha, it comes out wrong. Once a character appeared that was not on my keyboard. Maybe it was a micron character, maybe it was a Greek small letter.

Maybe it would be best to start with only once fence and captcha. But forget this captcha. Put another one here, one that's easier to solve. It would be better to choose something more playful captcha. You could even use thematic images. Or we could put a puzzle piece in its place. Or you could make a completely new version. Because I sure not going to fill out these ones.

So far I've only filled out your captcha once, because it exploded in my face after I push the start upload button and didn't save my torrent description. It is very silly thing to bother already logged in members and uploaders with fence and captcha.

 
Soup:_moderator:Posted at 2023-10-17 20:38:59(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Mafketel:_super_admin::_male:Posted at 2023-10-17 20:40:44(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Before you start entering the captcha....
Enlarge the screen... Helps me always on my phone...
Probably will work on pc as well... 🤣 🤣 🤣
Or it's my age that is a advantage here... 🤣 🤣
The older the better... 🤣 🤣 🤣

 
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Mafketel:_super_admin::_male:Posted at 2023-10-17 20:41:29(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Soup wrote:

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That's not the galaxy fence...
But the arse fence... 🤣 🤣 🤣

 
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Soup:_moderator:Posted at 2023-10-17 20:52:12(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Mafketel wrote:

Soup wrote:

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That's not the galaxy fence...
But the arse fence... 🤣 🤣 🤣
Image error

 
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Barharmar:_trusted_user::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2023-10-18 01:28:44(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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I find that when entering the captcha on my phone,that my phone auto capitalizes the first letter and puts it into cahoots .

The fence just plays hard to get with me sometimes :_:-@ :_love

 
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Garthock:_moderator:Posted at 2023-10-18 01:50:50(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Soup wrote:

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:_facepalm:_facepalm:_facepalm

 
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B4ND1T69:_trusted_uploader::_sitefriend::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2023-10-18 14:35:46(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Just had the fence try it's thang on my way in:_facepalm:_facepalm...change ip and report etc:_facepalm:_facepalm....told it to foook off and barged through it:_:-*...it wont be doing that again soon:_:-):_:-):_:-)

 
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Mafketel:_super_admin::_male:Posted at 2023-10-18 15:45:51(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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B4ND1T69 wrote:

Just had the fence try it's thang on my way in:_facepalm:_facepalm...change ip and report etc:_facepalm:_facepalm....told it to foook off and barged through it:_:-*...it wont be doing that again soon:_:-):_:-):_:-)
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Not your best side... 🤣 🤣 🤣

 
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Dronska:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2023-10-18 17:56:52(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Soup wrote:

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It needs Anti-itch cream ?

Some popular brands include Benadryl, Hydrocortisone Cream, and Caladryl :_O:-D :_love

 
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Mafketel:_super_admin::_male:Posted at 2023-10-18 18:00:50(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Dronska wrote:

Soup wrote:

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It needs Anti-itch cream ?

Some popular brands include Benadryl, Hydrocortisone Cream, and Caladryl :_O:-D :_love
Better save some for B4ND1T69:_trusted_uploader::_sitefriend::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:...
He'll probably have some rash from crashing the fence...:_:P

 
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bakturk:_male::_turtle:Posted at 2023-10-18 19:13:50(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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Today I get this message when I enter captcha:
"Please report this error.
For now, please change IP to pass the GalaxyFence"
Any captcha I write it says same and I can't browse througt the forum.
Does anybody have problems with that??

 
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The Fence is there to protect us and the site.. Ok it´s not fun but.. good protection. (Not signing it!!!)

 
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OneApi:_trusted_user::_sitefriend::_sitelover::_junkie::_kitty::_sun::_turtle:Posted at 2023-10-18 19:25:45(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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No, no problem :_facepalm

 
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bigboy12:_admin::_male:Posted at 2023-10-18 19:27:03(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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bakturk wrote:

Today I get this message when I enter captcha:
"Please report this error.
For now, please change IP to pass the GalaxyFence"
Any captcha I write it says same and I can't browse througt the forum.
Does anybody have problems with that??

1stGenDude wrote:

The Fence is there to protect us and the site.. Ok it´s not fun but.. good protection. (Not signing it!!!)
If you are using an add blocker turn it off.You don't need any when on TGx.That may be a help.
We all get the captchas & yes they are a pain to protect the site they are needed.

 
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bakturk:_male::_turtle:Posted at 2023-10-18 19:56:38(57Wks ago) Report Permalink URL 
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I am not use any add blocker. First captha today was OK, I entered it and no error,but second and after that I get errors. Before I never get this errors, I enter captcha and no errors...

 
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