On 27.04.2017 19:15, David E Kim wrote: > I’m working on a BOINC server upgrade and “cert_all.php” doesn’t seem to work. > > The following is hard coded in user.inc but gives a forbidden error response: > > http://boinc.netsoft-online.com/get_user.php?cpid= > > > > Is there another url that we should use?
Please see this email from James Drews (the owner of boinc.netsoft-online.com) from 2015 on boinc_projects (subject: boinc.netsoft-online.com change): On 10.11.2015 17:56, James Drews wrote: > Just writing to let you know, that I have changed policy on who can use the > "get_user" rpc. All projects use this RPC on the user's "my account" page > to show other projects they are participating in. > > As of this morning, I have restricted the page to only Boinc project sites > that I know of (ie, the ones I'm currently pulling stats from). The > restriction is IP based, so if your project is on a dynamic IP or changes, > its going to get blocked when it does. > > The reason for the change is it is being abused. The load on the server > this morning was over 120. It appears that there is something out there > trying to pull down all stats from multiple locations all over the world. > In trying to watch the logs, I saw the same cpid getting requested from > multiple places within a few seconds, none of which were project sites. > > After making the change, the site is still getting hit at a very high rate > (over 2 million hits an hour), but the load at least is a reasonable (2 or > less). > > If your site is getting blocked, feel free to drop me a line with your > server's IP address, and I'll add it to the list of allowed entries. > > > James Regards Christian _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu https://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
