I'm lurking. What's the IP of the new server? On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:46 AM, David Kim <de...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Thanks! makes sense now. I’ll try to contact James. > > thanks again, > > David K > > > > On Apr 27, 2017, at 10:43 PM, Christian Beer <christian.b...@aei.mpg.de> > wrote: > > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
