At work I was asked by a different team how we can deal with bots, because someone in my team remembered that I knew how to do it.

I reluctantly suggested Anubis because I got shit for it last time, This is the URL https://anubis.techaro.lol/

This is the 2nd and last time I will ever recommend Anubis anywhere at work to deal with bots because of how unprofessional, un-serious and weird others perceive it.

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The mascot being a ~10 year old “cutsie” anime cat girl is weird in a work setting.
I will never put myself in a situation again where I have to explain that it’s not weird to anyone again, same for that URL.

What is a professional looking open-source alternative to Anubis?

Edit: No I can’t just send my colleges here https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper The issue is they find the Mascot and domain weird, they will still run into both.

My Goal: Recommend a Open-Source bot protection tool

The Issue: When I send my coworkers to https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper they find the mascot and URL weird.

Result: They don’t see Anubis as a serious tool and turn away from it

What is a professional looking open-source alternative to Anubis?

  • DaGeek247@fedia.io
    3·
    6 days ago

    And the P is capitalized, so the software is not presenting itself as keep ass.

    It’s not called KeyPass either though. They did KeePass on purpose, and everybody uses it anyways.

    Would your company use that software if it actually was? With a cartoon butt as the logo, not a key?

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    I don’t live in that world, so I don’t know. My previous employer used it too. It’s kinda the standard for password management, just like anubis is. (which has a normal name and silly logo, as opposed to keepass which has a silly name and normal logo).

    A butt is not the same as an animal person at all. The fact that you compared a cartoon mascot like Anubis’ to a cartoon butt says more about you than it does this conversation. Cartoon animal people as mascots is older than the internet by a mile.

    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
      11·
      6 days ago

      You brought up butts. My point with going to an extreme with that is even you can agree there is a line somewhere where something shifts over the line of “too ridiculous to consider for serious purposes”.

      You not understanding that, and trying to reframe my argument as equating mascots to butts, says a lot about you. It’s also less of a logo and more on the standard of a generic social media profile picture that I’m no way relates to the product.

      • DaGeek247@fedia.io
        3·
        6 days ago

        You brought up butts.

        No I didn’t. You did. It’s right above my comment. Don’t lie. Everybody can see you mentioning butts first.

        My point with going to an extreme with that is even you can agree there is a line somewhere where something shifts over the line of “too ridiculous to consider for serious purposes”.

        And my point is that “too ridiculous to consider for serious purposes” being the current state of things is wrong and needs to change to allow for less serious things to exist.

        There is a conflict here. There are at least three options to resolve it. Either the company needs to change, anubis needs to change, or the users complaining about the other two groups need to change.

        I’m arguing that the company is wrong for not changing. I’m also arguing that the user is wrong for complaining about anubis’ branding. Hell, I’m even arguing that anubis is right for choosing to skip out on mainstream branding.

        My point with going to an extreme with that is even you can agree there is a line somewhere where something shifts over the line of “too ridiculous to consider for serious purposes”.

        In short, I’m saying that anubis is nowhere near crossing that line.