From a27f04fcb2049e22faa64874b46e7040841ee405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: arimu1 <19286898+arimu1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:40:50 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: point Backing & Hacking post at Wayback Machine
 snapshot

The Kickstarter Backing & Hacking URL times out in browsers while
redirecting. Link the archived snapshot so the intro post stays
reachable.

Fixes #718
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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7c4c46d..496ed1a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ For the README consistent with the latest released version see https://github.co
 
 Protect your Rails and Rack apps from bad clients. Rack::Attack lets you easily decide when to *allow*, *block* and *throttle* based on properties of the request.
 
-See the [Backing & Hacking blog post](https://www.kickstarter.com/backing-and-hacking/rack-attack-protection-from-abusive-clients) introducing Rack::Attack.
+See the [Backing & Hacking blog post](https://web.archive.org/web/20210207185656/https://www.kickstarter.com/backing-and-hacking/rack-attack-protection-from-abusive-clients) introducing Rack::Attack.
 
 [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/rack-attack.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/rack-attack)
 [![build](https://github.com/rack/rack-attack/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rack/rack-attack/actions/workflows/build.yml)