# Gopher proxies  Fair Warning!

I've noticed a lot of repeated connections to my gopher server from
certain IP addresses. They appear to be junk, the sort of thing
that you repeatedly get hammering your HTTP server.

On further investigation into one such host, they are running a
web<->gopher proxy.


## Why I am on gopher (*warning* controversial material!)

I moved to gopher after a career in IT dealing with web technologies,
web servers and all the associated crap therein. I'd had enough so,
the last thing I want to see is the web creeping into my happy
place.

*Web to gopher proxies are an abomination!* If someone is too
lazy/retarded to install a gopher client then they don't belong
here.  By building web proxies all you are doing is facilitating a
bridge for the unwashed hordes of AI bots and scrapers into our
sacred space.

Proxies also anonymise the originating host so that I cannot deal
with them individually.


## What to do?

I am here by giving *fair warning* that if I see such junk originating
from your IP address, and find that you are running a proxy, you
will be added to my IP blacklist along with all the other junk from
the web.

Thank you for your attention.