Re: Is mailback validation still safe?

[Chuq Von Rospach]

At 2:45 PM -0600 12/10/00, Mike Nolan wrote:
>One approach to this would be to rate limit non-member addresses
>differently than list member addresses, I suppose.

just use a geometric backoff. the more often a person sends a 
command, the longer you wait to fill it. After it's been quiet for a 
period of time, reset the timer. That way you don't hose over someone 
who asks for the info file and immediately trashes it by mistake and 
asks for another, but you do limit the damage you do if a luser 
decides to use your system as a guided missile. or actually, the way 
it's used, a mortar..

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