That can be worked around. Your server could dynamically assign and create
email addresses. What I would be concerned about is the use of multiple
domains, someone would need to have control of hundreds of domains to pull
this off.
Now, let's do some math... The number of combinations of numbers that can be
assigned to people in the US is:
10^(10-1) (no area codes begin with 0) = 1,000,000,000 phone numbers.
Also, let's assume a web server can post forms at a rate of 10 posts per
second (I realize this is unreasonably slow, but no one wants to tip their
hand through excessive bandwidth consumption).
So, we have 1 billion numbers being posted at a rate of 10 per second. That
takes 100 million seconds to post all those numbers.
This is:
- 1666666.667 Minutes
- 27777.778 Hours
- 1157.4 Days
- 165.3 Weeks
- 3.1 Years
Assuming no one caught on and shut this thing down, this would be the
results of a centralized, single user registration initative.
However, if the initative were to take place on a distributed scale, say,
using some hive computing model similar to [EMAIL PROTECTED], the results would be
much more fascinating. The rate of registration would increase exponentially
according to the number of users using the service. So, that rate of 10 per
second would jump to 20 per second with user 2, 50 per second with user
five, 50000 per second with user 5000. At 10,000 users, this feat could be
accomplished (provided the target servers can handle the load) within a few
hours.
Now, imagine if there was some sort of target goal, something like having
all numbers registered within X weeks. Someone could analyze the load
capacity of the server and understand the parameters limiting number
submission. There could be a centralized server maintaining the maximum load
possible, limiting the number of submissions per computer to X{maximum load
the server can handle / total number of machines that are part of the
horde}. This would be a truly interesting experiment, because the number
could be moderated using all kinds of factors, including human ones, that
would disguise the fact this is an automated system.
M
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:19 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: National Do Not Call web site
I had thought of the same thing, but I suspect that they restrict the number
of phone numbers by e-mail. In other words each e-mail address can only
request up to three phone numbers be placed on the registry. At least
that's what I may have done.
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Ian Skinner
Web Programmer
BloodSource
Sacramento, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:14 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: National Do Not Call web site
So, I'm not advocating this... but would this be illegal:
Design a script to post phone numbers to the web site, starting with
001-001-0001 up to 999-999-9999. Set up an email account just to receive and
then respond to the confirmation emails.
Sure, it would take forever, but heck, you could turn it into a [EMAIL PROTECTED]
type project, and imagine the possibilities if there were NO free #s left to
call.
Of course, I guess there is _someone_ out there who wants to get calls from
telemarketers. Lord forbid we have a "Ok to call" list.
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Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc
(www.mindseye.com)
Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia)
Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog
Yahoo IM : morpheus
"My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda
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