Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] ILS, big problem

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Perhaps Paul should have the final work on this, but I think he has no
time anymore...

Dominance's solution is very hard to implement and long, and requires
server modifications implying threads, I'm not ready to do that, so I
think we will stay with the problem for now.

Le lun 13/10/2003 à 18:55, PUYDT Julien a écrit :
> On lun, 2003-10-13 at 18:46, Damien Sandras wrote:
> 
> > > Well, the client does the request, you make another: it's not secure.
> > Why isn't it secure?
> 
> Well, "not secure" is perhaps a little strong; I'm worried by the fact
> that it isn't the server that makes the decision...
> 
> > > > - run a script and ban all misconfigured people
> > > 
> > > Easier on the server, but will people know why?
> > > 
> > We can have a specific ban message. However, running such a script on
> > 200 IP's easily takes 2 to 3 minutes. During that time, other
> > misconfigured people can register.
> 
> Run it every ten minutes... or, as Dominance said, just scan new
> people...
> 
> > Not really, it is only 1 HTTP request each time a client that registeres
> > to ils.seconix.com is started. The HTTP server will easily handle many
> > requests at a time, but the ILS server will certainly go down.
> > 
> > Of course, people could disable that test, but most people will simply
> > fix their configuration.
> > 
> > The first 1 is 200 ILS requests every x minutes.
> 
> Ah, ok, if it's http, then it is indeed lighter. But won't work for
> people with an older version...
> 
> Snark
> 
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