hi, I happily play anonymous games often, or watch tournaments while not logged in. Why the sudden change to disable Opening Explorer / table base for anon?
The reason in the commit seems really odd, and why is DDoS even being mentioned in this context?!
The change greatly reduces usability.
from https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/commit/cc9d8d92302f428ed2ce745a421b7f0e05ce2a0c
hi, I happily play anonymous games often, or watch tournaments while not logged in. Why the sudden change to disable Opening Explorer / table base for anon?
The reason in the commit seems really odd, and why is DDoS even being mentioned in this context?!
The change greatly reduces usability.
from https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/commit/cc9d8d92302f428ed2ce745a421b7f0e05ce2a0c
You'd better do nothing about it?
You'd better do nothing about it?
@icytease said ^
The reason in the commit seems really odd, and why is DDoS even being mentioned in this context?!
My guess wound be ddos was the reason it was down is the last few days?
But that's just a guess
@icytease said [^](/forum/redirect/post/BwFL9oDq)
> The reason in the commit seems really odd, and why is DDoS even being mentioned in this context?!
My guess wound be ddos was the reason it was down is the last few days?
But that's just a guess
requesting loads of moves from opening db creates lots of load to db obviously. So it good attack vector for sure. perhaps even used at some point.
requesting loads of moves from opening db creates lots of load to db obviously. So it good attack vector for sure. perhaps even used at some point.
It certainly was very recently ... this is why I was quoting the complaints in the forum (only the first page)
@icytease sorry, with hindsight, I think my post was a bit aggressive ...
When a service cannot cope with requests, the server has to take decisions (even if they are not popular)
It certainly was very recently ... this is why I was quoting the complaints in the forum (only the first page)
@icytease sorry, with hindsight, I think my post was a bit aggressive ...
When a service cannot cope with requests, the server has to take decisions (even if they are not popular)
So they... allowed automation of opening explorer, experienced ddos, then instead of removing that automation, just blocked some roles from its normal usage?
So they... allowed automation of opening explorer, experienced ddos, then instead of removing that automation, just blocked some roles from its normal usage?
@icytease said ^
allowed automation of opening explorer
I'm not sure what you mean
Anyway, I can see a post is being written live in Lichess broadcast ... you'll have details soon
@icytease said [^](/forum/redirect/post/l7tgroIo)
> allowed automation of opening explorer
I'm not sure what you mean
Anyway, I can see a post is being written live in Lichess broadcast ... you'll have details soon
https://lichess.org/@/thibault/blog/the-opening-explorer-now-requires-authentication/FSWh9Zg3
@icytease said ^
So they... allowed automation of opening explorer, experienced ddos, then instead of removing that automation, just blocked some roles from its normal usage?
The explorer was also attacked outside the API, which also complicates matters.
@icytease said [^](/forum/redirect/post/l7tgroIo)
> So they... allowed automation of opening explorer, experienced ddos, then instead of removing that automation, just blocked some roles from its normal usage?
The explorer was also attacked outside the API, which also complicates matters.
@fredo599 said ^
allowed automation of opening explorer
I'm not sure what you mean
Anyway, I can see a post is being written live in Lichess broadcast ... you'll have details soon
Yes I meant having it in the application programming interface, which welcomes scripting/automation. Thanks for the link to their update reasoning!
@petri999 Yes, it seems expensive, that's why I was surprised it was opened up to be automated at all =/
sighs no more quick analysis after anon games I guess, mostly in the "did I f up the opening badly" vein
@fredo599 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/kqkxJ3c1)
> > allowed automation of opening explorer
>
> I'm not sure what you mean
>
> Anyway, I can see a post is being written live in Lichess broadcast ... you'll have details soon
Yes I meant having it in the application programming interface, which welcomes scripting/automation. Thanks for the link to their update reasoning!
@petri999 Yes, it seems expensive, that's why I was surprised it was opened up to be automated at all =/
*sighs* no more quick analysis after anon games I guess, mostly in the "did I f up the opening badly" vein
