Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:08:57 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDStats - What is involved ... ? Message-ID: <20060826165209.V82634@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <200608261848.16513.max@love2party.net> References: <20060825233420.V82634@hub.org> <20060826112115.GG16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060826132138.H82634@hub.org> <200608261848.16513.max@love2party.net>
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Max Laier wrote: > fetch(3) makes use of a couple of environment vars to set proxy and > authentification - this should be reuseable. I haven't looked at > BSDStats yet, but if you use fetch - just make sure you have the ENV and > things work. Anyone with an Authenticated Proxy able to code up a patch for this? > I guess the easiest way, would be an email to root@ which can be > forwarded to you. This way you can enable it by default and the > operator can still decide if they want to take part in the process. Actually, email would provide no ability to do the 'request-challenge' that we have currently implemented in an effort to *reduce* (although I know it won't eliminate) ppl "spamming" the system ... the authenticated proxy issue, IMHO, doesn't negate the r-c system, since we aren't basing anything, *except* country, on the IP itself ... So, although using http won't allow *all* hosts to participate, our hope is that it will provide enough numbers with suitable checks-n-balances as to make the #s viable, and realistic ...
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