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OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable behavior (undeadly.org)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think it's supposed to evoke an image of an animal getting trapped in a tarpit.

IIRC, originally it was adding a delay on SMTP connections to keep spammers busy.

https://verifalia.com/help/email-validations/what-is-smtp-tarpitting