Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:08:18 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDStats - What is involved ... ? Message-ID: <200608280208.29733.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <20060826165209.V82634@hub.org> References: <20060825233420.V82634@hub.org> <200608261848.16513.max@love2party.net> <20060826165209.V82634@hub.org>
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--nextPart578362751.8647uzHTex Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 26 August 2006 22:08, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > 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 ...=20 You can do as all the other websites and email a "confirmation link" back=20 to the sender that they have to click on in order to commit the data to=20 the system. > the=20 > 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 ... =2D-=20 /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News --nextPart578362751.8647uzHTex Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBE8jP9XyyEoT62BG0RAtU3AJ4vREY53KEz1xKGhuhnTsDSUJQqHACfdcUH hMfY01Ai0EKDs1RyLNhxPDI= =8eQ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart578362751.8647uzHTex--
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