TL;DR:
- Added tool for automatically checking link health (both internal and external)
- Updated dozens of outdated links
- Two new datasets: I-Sec-IDS, ISCX Botnet 2014
Given the natural decay of URLs - niceties like DOI links aside - we thought it useful to have some way of easily checking the current status of everything we are linking to here in this project.
A script doing exactly that can now be found in tools/check_url_health.py (verifies external, absolute/relative internal links and anchors).
While the process of actually updating these links is still a manual one, this at least alerts us of the issue.
Admittedly, we were surprised by the relatively large number of links (~30) that have already fallen prey to said decay;
they have been updated where possible.
New dataset entries:
As we’ve nearly covered all major datasets, new additions will slow down to an expected cadence of every 1-2 months. However, external contributions and pull requests remain highly encouraged!