Fix tarpit to only apply AFTER backend error responses
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Corrected the tarpit logic flow to work as intended:

1. Backend tracks 400/401/403/404 error responses via http-response
2. Counter increments AFTER the backend responds with an error
3. Frontend checks counter on SUBSEQUENT requests
4. Tarpit/blocking only applies after error thresholds are reached:
   - 5+ errors: Potential scanner (no action yet)
   - 15+ errors: Likely scanner (tarpit if also burst traffic)
   - 30+ errors: Confirmed scanner (always tarpit)
   - 50+ errors: Aggressive scanner (block with 429)

This ensures:
- Normal traffic is never delayed
- First requests always go through normally
- Only clients that accumulate errors get progressively slowed/blocked
- The tarpit is a response to bad behavior, not a preemptive measure

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2025-08-23 18:48:21 -07:00
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commit 5ce4f910c2
2 changed files with 18 additions and 18 deletions

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@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ backend {{ name }}-backend
acl suspicious_path path_reg -i \.(env|git|svn|backup|bak|old)
# Track scan attempts in the frontend stick table
# This increments the counter AFTER the backend responds with an error
# The frontend will check this counter on SUBSEQUENT requests
http-response sc-inc-gpc0(0) if is_scan_attempt
{% for server in servers %}