#gamesurge bot discussion

31<Cannabisius>30 Proccess question - does the TOS / AUP dictate how glines are given?
18<Gingercat> An odd question, especially without context to base an answer on
31<Cannabisius>30 I'm talking in context about the #tf2mix bot, I don't know what other conversations have gone on, and I'm a bit in the dark esp. because the site does not have an established bot policy
31<Cannabisius>30 (bot policy, example: http://esper.net/bots.php )
18<Gingercat> Well, bots are generally fine so long as they're not doing things like providing filesharing, ban evasion, channel / user spam, etc
18<Gingercat> They also need to be careful that they don't Excess Flood due to trying to send too much output at once (same as normal users)
31<Cannabisius>30 it seems output is split into 4 connections
31<Cannabisius>30 which seems a bit weird to me
18<Gingercat> Interesting. GS has a limit of 4 connections per host
18<Gingercat> A 5th results in an auto 1hr gline for "Excessive connections"
18<Gingercat> But all connected clients get warned on the 4th
18<Gingercat> You can request a "Connection trust"
18<Gingercat> via the website, which boosts the allowed connections on a specified IP
31<Cannabisius>30 okay, i'll mention that to the maintainers
21<cyberdeath>21 Cannabisius : They have to serve a purpose. And as Gingercat alluded to, you can request a trust assuming you have a bonafide reason for having one.
31<Cannabisius>30 i must say, I don't really see the purpose in having 4 connections to split the messages
31<Cannabisius>30 they already have it going through a SQL buffer
21<cyberdeath>21 Cannabisius : Probably for the "Excess Flood" that Gingercat alluded to.
18<Gingercat> Yeah, me either... Seems like an odd choice
18<Gingercat> Ah yes. That ^ would make sense
18<Gingercat> (Hiya cyber!)
18<cyberdeath> And to keep the bots from being throttled.
18<cyberdeath> Hi Kitteh :)
18<Gingercat> :D
31<Cannabisius>30 Kay, i'll look into a code solution to submit
18<Gingercat> Np :)
21<cyberdeath>21 Cannabisius, you're welcome. If you need further assistance, feel free to ask in #support or e-mail me: cyberdeath@gamesurge.net .