As some may have noticed, the rate limiter on the CDN is in effect now, which will limit how often and quick people can download.
There are 4 stages to any imposed limits. Initially it goes by individual userIDs, but if more than 1 user is identified per IP, it takes the IP into effect rather than the user.
Stage 1: 30 minute lockout
Stage 2: 2 hour lockout
Stage 3: 24 hour lockout
Stage 4: permanent lockout.
I'm not going to say what the thresholds are as that would just invite people to create workarounds. But realistically it shouldn't be possible for any human to hit the thresholds without trying to.
I'm hoping that this is enough to dissuade any potential attackers, but failing that and they find some workaround, I'll have to start introducing some verification methods which I really want to avoid.
If anyone wants to check their standing, you can do so on Discord with the new command
/cdn-access and then provide your ip or userid. Both of which can now be found at https://cdn.evolution-x.org/health at the bottom.Anyone who believes they have been restricted unfairly or understand the consequences of their actions can tag myself at anytime for review, or infact any member of the core team.
Anyway, let's keep looking forward to how Joey and the rest of the team cook up our A17 releases!
- Aidan
#KeepEvolving