Question for tech server peers who are reading: Any thoughts on active defense? I know that it's likely a zero-sum game, but I do tire of the constant barrage of poking for .SQL, .git, .vscode, .zip etc. files on my servers. Should I just continue to block and ignore? Or should I reward them with some sort of infinite-size quine ZIP file when it's an obviously malicious request? My guess is that most of these people are not very sophisticated, so messing up their day might help make mine.
@rpardee I think I'm just feeling a bit surly today.