From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 28 00:08:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6CF616A4DA; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:08:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from max@love2party.net) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3713043D45; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:08:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from max@love2party.net) Received: from [88.64.179.192] (helo=amd64.laiers.local) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu3) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKxQS-1GHUg33HeX-0002yL; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:08:32 +0200 From: Max Laier Organization: FreeBSD To: "Marc G. Fournier" Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:08:18 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20060825233420.V82634@hub.org> <200608261848.16513.max@love2party.net> <20060826165209.V82634@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060826165209.V82634@hub.org> X-Face: ,,8R(x[kmU]tKN@>gtH1yQE4aslGdu+2]; R]*pL,U>^H?)gW@49@wdJ`H<=?utf-8?q?=25=7D*=5FBD=0A=09U=5For=3D=5CmOZf764=26nYj=3DJYbR1PW0ud?=>|!~,,CPC.1-D$FG@0h3#'5"k{V]a~.<=?utf-8?q?mZ=7D44=23Se=7Em=0A=09Fe=7E=5C=5DX5B=5D=5Fxj?=(ykz9QKMw_l0C2AQ]}Ym8)fU MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart578362751.8647uzHTex"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200608280208.29733.max@love2party.net> X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:61c499deaeeba3ba5be80f48ecc83056 Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDStats - What is involved ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:08:33 -0000 --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--