>-----Original Message----- >From: Nick Leverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:23 AM >To: users@spamassassin.apache.org >Subject: Re: bogus-virus-warnings-cf > > >On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 05:09:40PM -0600, Chris wrote: >> I use RDJ to update rule sets, I only run it once a day. On >the run for the >> 31st of March, RDJ reported: >> >> RulesDuJour Run Summary on cpollock.localdomain: >> >> The following rules had errors: >> Tim Jackson's (et al) bogus virus warnings was not retrieved >because of: 403 >> from http://www.timj.co.uk/linux/bogus-virus-warnings.cf. >> >> clicking on the link and opening with Mozilla still shows a >403 - Permission >> Denied. Anyone else having problems getting this update? > >Yes, I've been corresponding with Tim about it. Due to abuse such as >some people doing GETs as often as once per second, he's had to rate >limit the server. At present you should be able to do one HEAD and one >GET per IP address per day. He said he may remove the limit on HEADs >when he sees how it all responds. > >Nick
Nick, ask him if he would like us to mirror it at SARE. We rate limit all of the GETs. We even blacklist the fools that try to update every minute. Chris Santerre System Admin and SARE Ninja http://www.rulesemporium.com
