Comments on: Getting rid of RSS slammers http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/ Samuel Tardieu's dual-sided blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brenda Quiles http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-103095 Brenda Quiles Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:24:38 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-103095 Samuel, Thanks! Great work! :) Samuel, Thanks! Great work! :)

]]> By: Clarky's Corner http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-396 Clarky's Corner Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:52:07 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-396 <strong>En Vrac</strong> Samuel Tardieu propose une solution assez intéressante pour lutter contre les personnes qui pompent les ressources de bande passante en utilisant des clients RSS qui ne respectent pas un minimum de temps d'attente entre deux rafraîchissements.... En Vrac

Samuel Tardieu propose une solution assez intéressante pour lutter contre les personnes qui pompent les ressources de bande passante en utilisant des clients RSS qui ne respectent pas un minimum de temps d’attente entre deux rafraîchissements….

]]> By: Samuel Tardieu http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-387 Samuel Tardieu Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:01:54 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-387 <strong>Freako:</strong> good idea, I just activated it! Freako: good idea, I just activated it!

]]> By: Freako http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-386 Freako Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:55:10 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-386 You know that you can earn money from your ads in your RSScache feed? So, it's pay back time with those abuser! You know that you can earn money from your ads in your RSScache feed? So, it’s pay back time with those abuser!

]]> By: Daniel Glazman http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-385 Daniel Glazman Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:31:10 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-385 Samuel: my blog has no open comments/trackbacks because I was fed up with insults, trolls and other forms of intrusion into **MY** personal diary. I publish for myself, not for others. I just do not care about the way people call my web site. They can call it "blog" or "foobar", only the contents matter. Samuel: my blog has no open comments/trackbacks because I was fed up with insults, trolls and other forms of intrusion into **MY** personal diary. I publish for myself, not for others. I just do not care about the way people call my web site. They can call it “blog” or “foobar”, only the contents matter.

]]> By: Samuel Tardieu http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-384 Samuel Tardieu Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:05:06 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-384 <strong>Matthieu:</strong> so the proxy should be caching the feed information, right? Matthieu: so the proxy should be caching the feed information, right?

]]> By: Matthieu http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-383 Matthieu Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:44:39 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-383 Hi, the idea seems great but i can't stop thinking at my own personal case. I'm in a big company (~200 000 employee) and we have a reverse proxy to go internet so when i or my coworker hit your website you will see one ip address .... Hi,
the idea seems great but i can’t stop thinking at my own personal case.
I’m in a big company (~200 000 employee) and we have a reverse proxy to go internet so when i or my coworker hit your website you will see one ip address ….

]]> By: Samuel Tardieu http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-382 Samuel Tardieu Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:14:12 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-382 <strong>Thomas:</strong> well, I had to agree with other people on a common definition for <em>blog</em>. For me, blogs without comments <strong>and</strong> trackbacks are not real blogs, but if I am the only one to use this definition, the communication will hardly be easy. The rename_safely function doesn't assume that it can create a file in the target directory: it first tries to atomically rename the temporary file into the proper one, <strong>then</strong> to create a file in the target directory and atomically rename it into the target file (in case where we had a cross-device rename failure), <strong>then</strong> to open the file for writing (without creating a new one) and copy the content of the temporary file. Of course, I assume that Python is properly configured so that the tempfile module can create temporary files, typically in /tmp (the size is not an issue as .htaccess files tend to be very small). Thomas: well, I had to agree with other people on a common definition for blog. For me, blogs without comments and trackbacks are not real blogs, but if I am the only one to use this definition, the communication will hardly be easy.

The rename_safely function doesn’t assume that it can create a file in the target directory: it first tries to atomically rename the temporary file into the proper one, then to create a file in the target directory and atomically rename it into the target file (in case where we had a cross-device rename failure), then to open the file for writing (without creating a new one) and copy the content of the temporary file.

Of course, I assume that Python is properly configured so that the tempfile module can create temporary files, typically in /tmp (the size is not an issue as .htaccess files tend to be very small).

]]> By: Thomas http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-381 Thomas Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:09:05 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-381 Sam, you seem to have become moderate :-) I distinctly remember a time where you would have argued that such web sites weren't blogs at all! Your rename_safely function does assume that it can create the temp file in the proper directory. Sam, you seem to have become moderate :-) I distinctly remember a time where you would have argued that such web sites weren’t blogs at all!

Your rename_safely function does assume that it can create the temp file in the proper directory.

]]> By: Samuel Tardieu http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2005/10/12/getting-rid-of-rss-slammers/#comment-380 Samuel Tardieu Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:08:51 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/?p=63#comment-380 <strong>Pierre:</strong> sure, that would be better. But there are already some optimizations in WordPress (such as sending back 304 if the feed has not been modified if the client is intelligent enough. And I want to punish abusers as well as alleviate the load on my web server :-) Pierre: sure, that would be better.

But there are already some optimizations in WordPress (such as sending back 304 if the feed has not been modified if the client is intelligent enough. And I want to punish abusers as well as alleviate the load on my web server :-)

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