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Closed Bug in rate limit logic

When I post to Poal.co, about 20%-30% of the time I get an error message of 'dayum, calm down...' When I get this error I always immediately just hit the submit button again because I know that this error is a false positive. When the submit button is clicked a second time it typically goes through.

No @AOU, I am not using a TOR connection or a VPN connection. No there is no other Poal.co traffic coming from my IP address.

https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/503525/829cbfb0-622d-4669-a7a5-78c28b9132cc#cmnts

When I post to Poal.co, about 20%-30% of the time I get an error message of 'dayum, calm down...' When I get this error I always immediately just hit the submit button again because I know that this error is a false positive. When the submit button is clicked a second time it typically goes through. No @AOU, I am not using a TOR connection or a VPN connection. No there is no other Poal.co traffic coming from my IP address. https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/503525/829cbfb0-622d-4669-a7a5-78c28b9132cc#cmnts

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No @AOU, I am not using a TOR connection

https://poal.co/s/Poaldev/501464

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yeah, that was then. This is now

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Ask your ISP if you're behind a double-nat.

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I may well be behind a NAT at the ISP level... but this is the thing, I use one of the largest ISPs in the US... this is not a obscure corner case. This is how most traffic coming to the server will be... as evidenced by other users complaining about the same thing. This is why we (the tech community) typically have rate limit logic that is more sophisticated that just looking at origin IP...

If you don't think the bug is worth fixing or if you want to intentionally not fix it for bot protection that's fine, but don't call it 'not a bug, my code is fine, my shit don't stink.'

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yeah... which is why I linked to AOU's comment right in my post.

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yeah... which is why I linked to AOU's comment right in my post.

I should've figured. ;-)

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Yeah I was hopping to get past AOU's knee-jerk reaction that this must be operator error so we could, you know try to make Poal a better place... but I have been dismissed by his highness

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>"I get an error message of 'dayum, calm down." I get that if I post quicker then the host and my IP can talk to each other. I will possibly receive that message, and if I reply too fast to multiple comments. Most likely a set timer to offset bots and etc. I use Brave browser and have/had used a VPN and never got that error message. I have since slowed my post roll, and try not to hyper respond to alot of comments too.

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'dayum, calm down...'

I occasionally get the same thing, maybe slightly less since moving hosts?

double-nat

only have the Virgin ISP assigned router and a wired link via a switch, no TOR or VPN. Tracert reports the router IP, then times out 2nd hop which might be the router firewall, dunno. Then completes normally

I don't mind either way, just mentioning it for the sake of adding info :)