On 2013-03-11 1:11 AM, "Tyler Romeo" <tylerro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *dos vector - register someone you don't like's url. Register 1000000 > > variants from the same domain. Push enwikipedia's rc feed there. > > > Or you roll out some EC2 instances and open 1000000 sockets. (And before > you say rate-limit based on IP address, the same can be done for the HTTP > idea.) >
I mean you could use such a service to DoS somebody else. If you can open sockets, then its your own server. Sure you could add some mechamism to prove you own the domain where you want the rc updates to be sent, but things can get rather complex. --bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
