If you currently use reCaptcha or a CDN based bot defense (Cloudflare, Akamai, etc.), you’re familiar with the problems bots cause. I’ve seen bypasses of both these systems via:
Outsourced/automated captcha solving.
Hosts leaking their IP address, leading to the CDN protection being completely bypassed.
You can define a rule like, “If an IP sends > 10 logins in 10 seconds, ban it”. Unlike a CDN based approach, this cannot be bypassed due to a host IP leak.
The price for a personal account is $27 per month, where your site has less than 10,000 good events per month. If you sign up for the beta and provide feedback, I’m happy to drop that to $9. Business pricing scales with the number of requests.
To get access, email support@paraxial.io and I’ll add your email to the approved users list.
I hope this is posted under the correct category, I can move it if it violates a forum rule. Thank you!
To create an account, just visit - https://app.paraxial.io/users/register - and sign up. The agent is hosted on Hex, and installation only takes a few minutes.
I lately noticed that Elixir Companies website is down and it seems the maintainers do not know how to deal with spam – perhaps you could afford the generosity to offer a free plan for that project which promotes elixir?
It looks like adding Paraxial to a website is a breeze.
It’s a good idea, since Elixir Companies is not run for profit and contributes to the Elixir ecosystem. Paraxial.io is able to detect spam/bot submissions as well.
Tried using this but it depends on httpoison 1.0 which is a bit absurd given the latest version has been 2.1.0 for quite a while. I use v2 of httpoison because data streaming is a core part of my app so this was a hard stop for me
The original launch was just over a year ago, and focused on stopping bot attacks. This release helps you ensure the Elixir application you deploy cannot be hacked. For example, the sites overview page gives a list of your current sites, if they are exposed to the internet, and a summary of vulnerabilities.
A common barrier to using security tools in Elixir is the high number of initial findings. Paraxial.io is able to prioritize findings by severity, and provide details on how to fix the issue.
The mix task is fully compatible with your CI/CD pipeline, because it runs as normal Elixir code. For example, you can configure a Github action to check each new pull request for security problems.
The feedback and support from the community has been really fantastic, and this release incorporates so many things learned over the last several months. Thank you all for the support, I’m so grateful to be working in Elixir, and hope this release will encourage further adoption of the language.
