There was a similar issue logged. The one that I created was marked as duplicate.
Please *STAR* the new issue if you think it's important for you to have firewall control in your application. Firewall control is the first step towards resolving the denial of service attack problem. http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=644 Many thanks to all for your support and thanks Google for looking into this. Tony On Sep 24, 12:42 pm, "Marzia Niccolai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > We've identified an issue that can cause an application to hit one of our > short-term quotas after a very sudden spike in traffic, which would prevent > it from serving for a short time. We're currently working on a fix to > address this issue and expect to have it out shortly. > > On the broader issue of denial-of-service attacks, these are an unfortunate > reality in the web world. While we don't currently offer applications any > specific protections against attacks of this nature, this is something we're > interested in looking into for the future. In the near-term, when we begin > allowing developers to purchase computing resources beyond our free limits, > we will provide a mechanism for reimbursement in the event of a DOS attack. > > -Marzia > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Sharp-Developer.Net < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Starred - I think it's gonna be even more impotant when we get paid > > service. > > -- > > Alex > >http://sharp-developer.net/ > > > On Sep 20, 5:31 am, Tony Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I created an issue for this request. Please star it if you feel it's > > > important to you. > > > >http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=718 > > > > Thanks, > > > Tony --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
