Ask HN: Is sending a lot of requests but respecting rate limits DOSing?

2 pointsSpyCoder772mo ago1 comments

I made a tool that finds Gimkit game codes by requesting the check code endpoint with a random 6 digit integer on loop until it got a valid code or it got rate limited. If it stops when it gets rate limited, is it DOS?

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gus_massa2mo ago

I'm not sure of the definition, but I'd not be surprised if your IP gets banned.

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Ask HN: Is sending a lot of requests but respecting rate limits DOSing?

2 pointsSpyCoder772mo ago1 comments

I made a tool that finds Gimkit game codes by requesting the check code endpoint with a random 6 digit integer on loop until it got a valid code or it got rate limited. If it stops when it gets rate limited, is it DOS?

1 comments

gus_massa2mo ago

I'm not sure of the definition, but I'd not be surprised if your IP gets banned.

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