[ZendTo] Re: New feature -- DDoS protection

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I think that is a great idea, Jules.
-- 
Thanks, Phil

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> Currently if someone gets the URL for a large file off the pickup
> page,
> they can use that URL from anywhere to retrieve a copy of the file.
> 
> We had an instance here last week where someone told an entire botnet
> to
> fetch the same file repeatedly. Time to say goodnight to our ZendTo
> server due to it filling with logs: *not* because it ran out of any
> other resource, but bad anyway. :-(
> 
> So I have added a feature whereby when you click on the link in the
> email you get (as a recipient of a drop-off), you have to pass a
> CAPTCHA
> test (proves you're a real person and not a computer) before you can
> get
> at the page listing the URLs of the files. If you then take one of
> those
> URLs and try to use it from a different computer, it rejects the
> request.
> 
> If anyone is particularly interested in this, I'll put up a beta
> containing it. Otherwise it will wait for the next general release.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jules
> 
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