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Using a loop of that length (for ($i=0;$i<10000;$i++)) on a site allowing people to execute code, and then linking it to HN effectively amounts to a do-it-yours

Using a loop of that length (for ($i=0;$i<10000;$i++)) on a site allowing people to execute code, and then linking it to HN effectively amounts to a do-it-yourself DDoS. I don't think I wanna be the host of that site right now.

deanclatworthy 11y ago
... and it's down :) I guess they get this all the time.
laumars 11y ago
The site itself picked up on this aswell. The following message appeared for me: "Abusive script This script was stopped while abusing our resources" edit: Too slow: 504 Gateway Time-out
Xlab 11y ago
They don't even caution about it.
the-dude 11y ago
Which we could call 'suiciDDOS'
_asummers 11y ago
It's also being linked on Reddit for a double whammy DDoS.
Buge 11y ago
Shouldn't they cache the result?
- dimino 11y ago
  A lesson they're learning right now, I suppose.
  - mojuba 11y ago
    To find out later that not everything can be cached, e.g. time(), rand(), file_get_contents()... to find out further that no sys or lib call that contains I/O can be cached. And then damn it, why bother caching at all?