feat: more effectively blocking site scanners

ProgrammingByPermutation · ProgrammingByPermutation · commit 1912a0cf217c · 2025-08-26T17:38:19.000-04:00
diff --git a/nginx/filesystem/etc/nginx/conf.d/nginx.conf b/nginx/filesystem/etc/nginx/conf.d/nginx.conf
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ server {
     }
 
     location ~ ^/(background|user/auth|user/login(?:/desktop)?|vm-admin|twitch-bot(?:/config)?|imdb-search) {
-         return 404;
+         root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+         # First attempt to serve request as file, then
+         # as directory, then redirect to index(angular) if no file found.
+         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
     }
 
     location / {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ server {`
`51`	`51`	`}`
`52`	`52`
`53`	`53`	`location ~ ^/(background\|user/auth\|user/login(?:/desktop)?\|vm-admin\|twitch-bot(?:/config)?\|imdb-search) {`
`54`		`- return 404;`
	`54`	`+ root /usr/share/nginx/html;`
	`55`	`+ # First attempt to serve request as file, then`
	`56`	`+ # as directory, then redirect to index(angular) if no file found.`
	`57`	`+ try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;`
`55`	`58`	`}`
`56`	`59`
`57`	`60`	`location / {`