mod_friends = true; /* commitment @ postgresql.org makes my life easy */
> so anybody with wget and a simply shellscript could can (email) DoS -slaves
> and wwwmaster in seconds ?
(so curl+post wouldn't be a kiddie workarround or are you planning to
implement CAPTCHA? [ BTW, I've heard about CAPTCHA bypassing, as easy
as dating my syster] )
Hmmmm, what about http hooks? (rock *'s)
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/developer/hooks.html ---> 100%
transparent though.
2 cents.
>> Do not rely on users if you want to improve the experience, though.
>
> keep in mind that we can only detect relative urls on our OWN infrastructure
> and also that 99% of the website traffic is on www.postgresql.org with
> ourely static (mirrored) content, no PHP (or whatever) support and are only
> partly under our control.
> only wwwmaster is dynamic but only a fraction of traffic ends up there.
Ta, txs!
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