Yes, RDF data dumps without traffic control mechanisms are an invitation to denial-of-service attacks.
On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 6/21/11 11:23 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: >> A looong time ago, very early LOD days, we (LOD community) talked about the >> importance of dumps with the heuristic you describe in mind (no WebID then, >> but it was clear something would emerge). Unfortunately, SPARQL endpoints >> have become the first point of call re. Linked Data even though SPARQL >> endpoint only == asking for trouble if you can self protect the endpoint and >> re-route agents to dumps. > Critical typo fix: > > A looong time ago, very early LOD days, we (LOD community) talked about the > importance of dumps with the heuristic you describe in mind (no WebID then, > but it was clear something would emerge). Unfortunately, SPARQL endpoints > have become the first point of call re. Linked Data even though SPARQL > endpoint only == asking for trouble if you *can't* self protect the endpoint > and re-route agents to dumps. > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > President& CEO > OpenLink Software > Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen > > > > > >
