> > > Some of you may have noticed that poll on the UUG site was was slammed > > > by candidates, or their minions, using bots to vote. Only one candidate > > > bothered to include a rate limit to prevent DOSing the server. That > > > candidate? Derek "goozbach" Carter. > > > > > > > Sco++ was even more polite. He simply edited the database directly. No > > load on the server at all. > > not exactly true... there was still a bot voting for him... about > 50-100 times each second... there was still a good bit of load on the > server, albeit somewhat less as the db was not trying to handle those > requests...
It's true! That was the evil Adam Findley! He had many many instances of the bot running at the same time. See my previous post in this thread. Vote for me, I'm nice and bot-less! -- Michael Moore ------------------------------- www.stuporglue.com -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
