ProjectXero/Icarus — Issue #2: Wikipedia module flood vulnerability
Author: rintaun
Created: 2012-02-16 04:08:20+00:00
State: open

Users can cause the bot to flood itself easily by specifying a large number of searches in one line. Some sort of buffer or throttling mechanism would be prudent, perhaps on a lower level than this module.

[22:32] <@rfw> [word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word][word]
[22:32] Wikipedia: Word - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word
[22:32] Wikipedia: Word - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word
[22:32] Wikipedia: Word - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word
[22:32] Wikipedia: Word - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word
[22:32] Wikipedia: Word - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word
[22:32] * icarus (~icarus@hostname) Quit (Excess Flood)