From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 8 04:50:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC99F16A4E2 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 04:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB2843D49 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 04:50:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A01EC290C37; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:50:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 40468-07; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:50:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-224-179-167.eastlink.ca [24.224.179.167]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F08290C20; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:50:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id 419EE5C516; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:50:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4046B5C4D8; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:50:39 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:50:39 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: freebsd@ganymede.hub.org To: andrew clarke In-Reply-To: <20060808044235.GA57962@ozzmosis.com> Message-ID: <20060808014737.L7522@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060807003815.C7522@ganymede.hub.org> <3631.192.168.1.30.1154943343.squirrel@Scorpio.totaldiver.net> <20060807161058.P7522@ganymede.hub.org> <20060808044235.GA57962@ozzmosis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDstats Project v2.0 ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:50:40 -0000 On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, andrew clarke wrote: > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 04:14:50PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >> right now, we are at ~200 hosts checking in, from various time zones (see >> http://bsdstats.hub.org/bsd_statistics.php for countries that have checked >> in so far) ... so, even at month end, taking into consideration time zones, >> I don't expect a major hit ... now, if we get to 10's of thousands of hosts, >> which I'd *love*, then I may worry, but by then, I'll have a Dual-Core >> Dual CPU server in place that I can move the whole thing over onto ... > > This is good, but what is stopping someone with an axe to grind from > writing a rogue script to report fictional results? Unfortunately, nothing ... and, also unfortunately, after extensive discussions on this list with others about possible ways to avoid it, there really isn't anything short of a 'required registration procedure' that can be done for that ... that said, someone from Germany tried that this morning, submitting 41 'hosts' that were quite obviously bogus (FreeBSD 8.x anyone?) and were easily removed from the system ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664