Hello friends,
I run a dedicated root server and since I have problems with scrappers. I have now blocked access through many IP ranges from servers/VPS providers via "deny" in my virtual host.
The list is now several hundred lines long and includes not only individual IPs, but also entire IP blocks, sometimes all IPs of an ASN/ISP.
My question is: Does an extensive deny list in the virtual host have a negative impact on Apache/server performance?
Can anyone tell me anything about this?
I thank you in advance.
Many greetings
Steppke