>>3043
Oh, okay. No, I don't think Nginx allows editing config files without restarting the server. I think that's a good thing, though; Apache really is unique in having the default functionality of stat-ing possibly dozens of different potential config file locations on every page load. It's actually a "low-hanging fruit" optimization to turn this functionality off on busy Apache servers that don't need it. That being said, Nginx does have modules for doing things like querying SQL databases from the configuration, so you could have a script that stores the banned IPs in a database and then have the configuration query that database on a page load.

Or you could just edit Nginx's config file, restart the daemon, and let whoever hits the server in the seven seconds it takes the daemon to restart (if anyone) get a "server not found" error. OH WELL.

>>3044
Your 'OH WELL' attitude is worrying if you're a sysadmin :p

The ban system can actually get rather busy - it has to clear temp bans and the like, and if you are getting tons of traffic having a sql query run for every URI request is a major performance hit (don't forget that the purpose of a sitewide ban is so that they can't even access stuff like CSS files). I'd rather it looked up a hash table or something, personally. You could then load a copy of that into a tmpfs to speed up access

>>3046
I don't sysadmin anything terribly important nowadays. But, I mean, are image boards terribly important? Do "chans" really need 100% uptime? And also, image board sites have clearly proven themselves to have a long tail when it comes to traffic and activity. So maybe 4chan and 7chan need supermegaoptimization black magick, but for just about everyone else, their sysadmins' lives will be better served by just taking a walk outside and getting some fresh air.

I agree that doing an SQL query for every page load seems kind of wasteful, but presumably a table with a bunch of IP addresses could be cached entirely in memory by the RDBMS without any trouble - and for stuff like temp bans, I think an SQL table would actually be quite useful; have a cron script that runs every half hour to unban IPs and such. And I'm really just guessing here, but I wonder if it would be possible to have it so that, if the client is using HTTP/1.1's KeepAlive, we only need to hit the SQL table once per connection… Hmm.

Misc

Misc

>http://englishrussia.com
very cool site

.....you know, it's only chance I happened to see the insults aimed at me in there when I went to see what the hell >>2639 was talking about.

I dislike Ghetto rap bullshit even more than I dislike you, you idiotic cunt.

straight outta /ste/
a crazy motherfucker named Tick Tock
he'll shoot your ass with a motherfuckin' big glock

he shot your sister, he shot your cat
he woulda shot yo mama but
dammit, there would've been too much paperwork.

lol why so mad bro?

>>2644
Heck, I'd probably do this, too... :P

that... scared the shit out of me.

>>2632
It.. scared you? I found it to be hilarious.

>>2626
Newfoundland.

we're not exactly cyberpunks, more like webnecks

>>2629
lol
haven't heard that one before

>>2630
It's from Squidbillies. There's an episode by that name.

>>2621
No way! I know her too.

>>2622
Serious? Are you from Minnesota?

>>2624
No, I'm just fucking with you. Sorry bro.

>>2186
Maybe. Apparently it was with his bare hands though. Made me think of movie Cossacks and exaggerated Bond villain brutality.

Poor lil' wolf cub.

>>2174
re: Shepard - he pissed himself, he was so scared... actually, it was also a ballistic shot, they 'threw' him up and he came down, end of story.

He's always been waiting there.

ALWAYS

HEY! God's got the best game in town!!! (it's like being friends with a big town mayor: you want, you suck up, then brag about it) Everyone then sucks up to you.
4) PROFIT!!!