They use it to provide search websites and stick ads or sell the accumulated information about the OSS projects it contains.
On 10/28/08 9:09 AM, "Chris Helck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What monetary purpose is there to scraping the repo? I want to know if there > is a security issue related to using Maven. > -C. Helck > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:56 AM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: repo1.maven.org is really slow > > We have been getting hit really hard by people trying to scrape the repo for > monetary purposes. We block them when it causes problems and then they get > more sneaky about their methods. > > The machine load was going through the roof so we are in the process of > installing a balancer and an additional machine. Last night we switched the > http server to something more suitable for static files and the cpu load is > very low now so I think it¹s an overall improvement. The throughput I¹m seeing > here is normal, so perhaps you had a temporary network bottleneck....but yes > it was slow the past few days and should be normal now. > > > On 10/28/08 7:06 AM, "Ray Krueger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Has anyone noticed that repo1 has been really slow the past couple days? >> > It just took me 20 seconds to download commons-lang which is all of 237k. >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > > > > ********************************************************************** > This communication and all information (including, but not limited to, > market prices/levels and data) contained therein (the "Information") is > for informational purposes only, is confidential, may be legally > privileged and is the intellectual property of ICAP plc and its affiliates > ("ICAP") or third parties. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or > lost by any mistransmission. The Information is not, and should not > be construed as, an offer, bid or solicitation in relation to any > financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. > The Information is not warranted, including, but not limited, as to > completeness, timeliness or accuracy and is subject to change > without notice. ICAP assumes no liability for use or misuse of the > Information. All representations and warranties are expressly > disclaimed. The Information does not necessarily reflect the views of > ICAP. Access to the Information by anyone else other than the > recipient is unauthorized and any disclosure, copying, distribution or > any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited. If > you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all > copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and > notify the sender. > ********************************************************************** > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
