Bill Pringlemeir wrote: > Bill Pringlemeir wrote: > >> btw, Is "is_action_url_spam()" in search.c ready to be removed? > On 16 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > No, why would you want to remove it? > * This checks XML data appended to search results for action URL spam. It's > * a weak heuristic but it should be sufficient for now. Gnoozle and others > * exploit a feature of LimeWire and sends results for faked, non-existent > X * files with bogus SHA-1s. This has been fixed in LimeWire, so there's no > X * need to invest too much into it and it can probably be removed in a > couple > X * of months from now (2006-12-20).
The comment isn't wrong but it says "probably" and "couple of months". It took LimeWire about 2 years to fix it. Let's wait another two years. As long as this function does not show up in profiling stats, there's not much of reason to remove it anyway. -- Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Gtk-gnutella-devel mailing list Gtk-gnutella-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk-gnutella-devel