Re: Limiting access to replay in 1.4

Max Bowsher wrote:
> Perhaps we could consider rate-limiting rather than outright blocking of
> the feature as a DoS avoidance strategy?

The problem with rate limiting as I see it would probably be to convey
to users that they're being rate-limited.

You might get a ton of "why is SVN so slow!" outcries on the
subversion mailing lists, when in fact SVN is not in itself slow but
rate limiting is in action. Be that because the server admin
accidentally setup things wrong, or because the user tried to do
something dumb...

Have you got any ideas how to avoid that scenario?

I think that Subversion should convey to the user that this-and-that
rate-limiting rule is being applied to their request.

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Received on Wed Apr 12 18:22:53 2006