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Josh Bressers
Josh Bressers
@joshbressers@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp last week

This week on #OpenSourceSecurity I have a chat with @algernon about @iocaine

Iocaine creates a maze of garbage to trap scraping bots. I love this idea, it has amazing chaotic good energy!

I learn all about how Iocaine works, and even got to see some dashboards showing off the size of the problem and how Iocaine handles it all.

https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-01-iocaine-algernon/

Open Source Security

Iocaine poisons bots with Gergely Nagy

Josh talks to Gergely Nagy (algernon) about his tool Iocaine. Iocaine creates a maze to trap scraping bots in a world a fake pages they cannot escape. algernon tells us how Iocaine effectively traps bots by serving them endless loops of nonsensical URLs and web pages. It’s an extremely clever tool that’s designed to be completely hidden from normal users, but not hidden to the scrapers. Episode Links Gergely Iocaine algernon on Mastodon Nam-Shub of Enki Iocaine on mastodon Iocaine example site This episode is also available as a podcast, search for “Open Source Security” on your favorite podcast player.
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