Talk:Third-party tools
Abuse?
Noticed this in the edit history on the Main Page and hoped Dave V. could expand on what link/s exactly was/were seen as abusive (so that others and I can avoid it/them).
- Removed link to third part tools due to some abusive tools being posted. The individual page can remain for now.
Anyone? Bueller? -- B.Rossow talkcontr 21:04, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Facebook Forum Enhancer
- ..we have had problems with some forum-enhancing scripts launching mini-DOS attacks on our servers since they hit a large quantity of profile pages to render the information. --Dave Vanderburg 21:31, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
- 21:42, 22 December 2008 Brossow (rm one tool - might "enhance" FB but puts enormous undue load on MH servers (think DOS attack))
I am perfectly fine that the tool is removed from the pool of links. I agree that this script increases server loads. This possibly results in DoS, but it is NOT a DDoS attack, as accused. The term "DoS attack" seems to be too strong because the intention of the script is NOT to attack, and users are informed, on the installation page, of the increase in web traffics.
If I were a MH developer, I would have removed the tool from wiki too. But I would not say it is launching (mini-) DoS attacks, which are illegal in many countries. Otherwise, Mozilla foundation would not have approved some Firefox extensions that effectively use XMLHttpRequests. -- Pooflinger
