• Registered: 2005-05-11
  • Posts: 275

Topic: Search flood interval

"Search flood interval" is set, but it is not being enforced.

  • Registered: 2005-05-11
  • Posts: 275

Re: Search flood interval

On a related note, why isn't there a flood protection settings for Guests?

  • Smartys
  • Former PunBB Developer
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  • Registered: 2004-04-30
  • Posts: 7,844

Re: Search flood interval

Because Guests don't have their own entries in the users table, so tracking them is difficult.
In fact, tracking them is difficult in general. Tracking by IP means users behind proxy servers get unfairly hit. Tracking by cookie is defeatable simply by deleting the cookie.
I wrote a modification for 1.2 that adds flood control settings for guests (for posting) via IP (through the online table).

And search flood? That's funny, because the option exists for 1.2 too and it doesn't look like anybody ever noticed it wasn't implemented!

  • From: U.S.A.
  • Registered: 2005-08-26
  • Posts: 1,607

Re: Search flood interval

Smartys wrote:

And search flood? That's funny, because the option exists for 1.2 too and it doesn't look like anybody ever noticed it wasn't implemented!

I did, and found it extremely irritating. big_smile

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