yea but the bank webpage manager won't be smart enough to do something like that. and even if he would most people won't look at it. as Nadav said no much point in doing it every hour.. can be really usefull once a day I agree ( and would probebly use it;-)
Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > I must disagree with you guys, since you can't expect the user to know what you >expect him to behave. he > is no power user, and have no psychic abilities. > I think that if it bothers you that a user overflows the system you should >automatically withold access to a client that hammers your server for the duration of >time you require, like 5 min. > there are problems i grant you that, but its prudent. > note: it can make other users be denied access using spoofing from a malicious >client. but consider the alternative of the server overflowing and many others will >suffer. > > * - * - * > Tzahi Fadida > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 > * - * - * - * - * - * > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf >Of Ely Levy > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 1:57 PM > To: Dan Kenigsberg > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: automatic script to access your own bank poalim account > > > don't you guys ever think on the other side? > just think what would happen in people would start using this kind of > script, overflow the server with request.the natural thing would be taking > some small change of money over each page. > > why abuse something only cause it's free? > > > Ely Levy > System group > Hebrew University > Jerusalem Israel > > > > On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Dan Kenigsberg wrote: > > > Is your computer connected continuesly to the net? > > Do you have an account in Bank Poalim, with internet access? > > > > If so, you may take interest in the script I wrote: > > http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~danken/poalim > > > > One can arange for it to check your bank account hourly and tell you if > > something has changed. > > > > What do you think of it? Is it useful for you? > > > > Attention: The script has access to your bank account. It might send your > > private information to this list. It might transfer your salary to an anonymous > > swiss bank account. I did my best for this not to happen, however NO WARENTY > > WHATSOEVER IS GUARANTIED. > > > > Dan. > > > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
