[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5130: Linking to multiple posts on your own site breaks pingback due to comment flooding

[WordPress Trac]

#5130: Linking to multiple posts on your own site breaks pingback due to comment
flooding
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect             |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal             |    Milestone:  2.4      
Component:  General            |      Version:  2.3      
 Severity:  normal             |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:                     |  
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Changes (by Otto42):

  * summary:  pingPreserver => Linking to multiple posts on your own site
              breaks pingback due to comment flooding
  * version:  => 2.3
  * milestone:  2.5 => 2.4

Comment:

 Useful, sure. But not particularly safe. The method he's using basically
 just opens up the ability for a comment flood through the xmlrpc pingback
 door.

 A better approach would be to detect self-pings and perform them in a more
 direct manner, instead of through an http connection to xmlrpc. Preferably
 through an action of some kind, so self-pings can easily be disabled.

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