Beginner's rate limit question...

[unclepennybags]

I have been trying to figure out exactly how the rate
limits work, and after having spent a few hours browsing
through the development talk, I am still a little fuzzy.

If a website logs in to 200 user accounts in an hour,
and then inside these user accounts adds a few
new friends, will the rate limit of 100 be exceeded for
the webserver's ip address?

I know this is a somewhat stupid question.... but
I just couldn''t quite figure it out..

Thanks!
-Jay

[Cameron Kaiser]

> I have been trying to figure out exactly how the rate
> limits work, and after having spent a few hours browsing
> through the development talk, I am still a little fuzzy.
>
> If a website logs in to 200 user accounts in an hour,
> and then inside these user accounts adds a few
> new friends, will the rate limit of 100 be exceeded for
> the webserver's ip address?

If the accesses are authenticated, then they are charged to the
authenticating user, and not the IP address. Each user gets 100 accesses
regardless of the IP they come from.

If the accesses are unauthenticated, then the accesses are charged to the
IP address, and that IP address gets 100 unauthenticated accesses.

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[unclepennybags]

Thanks Cameron! That's just what I needed to know.

Regards,
Jay

On Mar 11, 12:01 am, Cameron Kaiser <spec...@floodgap.com> wrote:
> > I have been trying to figure out exactly how therate
> > limits work, and after having spent a few hours browsing
> > through the development talk, I am still a little fuzzy.
>
> > If a website logs in to 200 user accounts in an hour,
> > and then inside these user accounts adds a few

> > new friends, will theratelimit of 100 be exceeded for

> > the webserver's ip address?
>
> If the accesses are authenticated, then they are charged to the
> authenticating user, and not the IP address. Each user gets 100 accesses
> regardless of the IP they come from.
>
> If the accesses are unauthenticated, then the accesses are charged to the
> IP address, and that IP address gets 100 unauthenticated accesses.
>
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> ------------------------------------ personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/--

>   Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems *www.floodgap.com* ckai...@floodgap.com