I feel confident that no system exposed to the internet should have a problem with 50,000 requests per month! If they do, they probably shouldn't run a public NTP server, or have a public IP address at all.

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saghm 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Okay, so you're just confident in exactly how many requests everyone else in the world will be making if you try to pentest resources unbeknownst to their owners.

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iancarroll 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you confident you are not viewing too many pages on HN? What if many other people are also trying to read this thread?

I think this line of reasoning doesn't make any sense. The internet is not an inherently safe network regardless of what we wish for; we can't wish away the bad activity, and it's only going to increase. The activity that helps prevent the bad activity from working is a net positive.

	▲	saghm an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Are you confident you are not viewing too many pages on HN? What if many other people are also trying to read this thread? I think it's pretty disingenuous to compare viewing a couple of pages once a day with running scripting tools against over 400 websites. > I think this line of reasoning doesn't make any sense. The internet is not an inherently safe network regardless of what we wish for; we can't wish away the bad activity, and it's only going to increase. The activity that helps prevent the bad activity from working is a net positive. Oh good, no one has ever claimed "it's for your own good" when doing something selfish without consent.