Subj : Hub 3 rate limiting
To   : fusion
From : Vorlon
Date : Tue Mar 24 2026 10:42 am


Hello fusion!

23 Mar 26 19:18, you wrote to deon:

 de>> Over the last week I've implemented rate limiting on clrghouz. I
 de>> noticed recently quite a few polls coming from the same IP
 de>> address every minute - some of them probably script kiddes, some
 de>> of them BBSes that are on auto-pilot.

 fu> did you have any measurable degredation of service with the connection
 fu> frequency? or did it just bother you?

 fu> so many people in the bbs hobby freak out over a few meaningless
 fu> connections

 fu> how large is the entire session in bytes? are you worrying about 100mb
 fu> a year? 500mb? starts to feel a bit silly..

There is no need what so ever to poll a hub/uplink every minute. If you are that desperate to get mail, then your in the wrong
network (FTN's). Polling a system every 15 minutes is also way to much.

The sweat spot is every half an hour. This is a hobby, not a commercial operation, and all hub's are providing this service for
*free*. If a system is polling a hub system this much, they are pretty much being a dick!



Vorlon


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