ai-troller

A web server tarpit that slowly streams dumb data to pollute AI training bots. Based on caddy-defender

Usage

The docker image is built with a script of an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode, where the gang gets addicted to crack. This episode script is streamed to the client via http at a slow pace at http://localhost:8080

docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 circa10a/ai-troller

Configuration options

Environment Variable	Default Value	Description
TROLL_CONTENT	file:///crack.txt	Path to the content file used in tarpit configuration.
TROLL_TIMEOUT	30s	Timeout duration for tarpit connections.
TROLL_BYTES_PER_SECOND	24	Rate limit for how many bytes can be sent per second.
TROLL_RESPONSE_CODE	200	The HTTP response code to return.

Customize content

Should you not enjoy the script of the crack addiction episode, you can provide your own content via the TROLL_CONTENT environment variable.

Local file content

Mount ./file.txt into the container:

docker run --rm \
    -p 8080:8080 \
    -e TROLL_CONTENT=file:///file.txt \
    -v ./file.txt:/file.txt \
    circa10a/ai-troller

Content from remote file over HTTP

Use https://google.com/robots.txt as the content to stream to clients:

docker run --rm \
    -p 8080:8080 \
    -e TROLL_CONTENT=https://google.com/robots.txt \
    circa10a/ai-troller