On Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 11:53:24 AM, Jirka wrote:
JK> Mark Giffin wrote:
>> and both failed on it. Could the W3C server be screwed up in some long
>> term way?
JK> That's not bug, but feature. W3C decided to serve most requests for DTDs
JK> with 503 error code, because their servers were overloaded. Not very
JK> clever decision in my opinion, though.
Not clever the way you describe it, but your desription misses out a few details.
If a given IP address requests the same resource multiple times than a progressive throttling is employed (delays, then refusal). Once it stops doing that, the throttling stops again.
Normal usage is unaffected.
-- Chris Lilley Technical Director, Interaction Domain W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups !DSPAM:87,4ce3fddd63731372119367! _______________________________________________ (*) To unsubscribe, please visit http://lists.renderx.com/mailman/options/xep-support (*) By using the Service, you expressly agree to these Terms of Service http://w ww.renderx.com/terms-of-service.htmlReceived on Wed Nov 17 08:08:02 2010
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