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| author | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2010-07-19 12:08:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2010-07-19 12:08:02 +0200 |
| commit | ac84267b22e6b60540f7a698f3e69432b4d75dc6 (patch) | |
| tree | 80f80d196fe244b009200fdde70e90a47f7f8241 /doc | |
| parent | correct handling of SQL boolean types (EJAB-1275) (diff) | |
Describe what a user gets when he hits the registration_timeout limit
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide.html | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide.tex | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide.html b/doc/guide.html index d424d3a8f..3b78cba9e 100644 --- a/doc/guide.html +++ b/doc/guide.html @@ -2975,9 +2975,11 @@ the processing discipline for In-Band Registration (<TT>jabber:iq:register</TT>) </DD></DL><P>This module reads also another option defined globally for the server: <TT>{registration_timeout, Timeout}</TT>. This option limits the frequency of registration from a given IP or username. -So, a user can’t register a new account from the same IP address or JID during -this number of seconds after previous registration. -Timeout is expressed in seconds, and must be an integer. +So, a user that tries to register a new account from the same IP address or JID during +this number of seconds after his previous registration +will receive an error <TT>resource-constraint</TT> with the explanation: +“Users are not allowed to register accounts so quickly”. +The timeout is expressed in seconds, and it must be an integer. To disable this limitation, instead of an integer put a word like: <TT>infinity</TT>. Default value: 600 seconds.</P><P>Examples: diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index 99e47b1f1..ecd4815c6 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -3779,9 +3779,11 @@ from s2s leads to uncontrolled massive accounts creation by rogue users. This module reads also another option defined globally for the server: \term{\{registration\_timeout, Timeout\}}. \ind{options!registratimeout} This option limits the frequency of registration from a given IP or username. -So, a user can't register a new account from the same IP address or JID during -this number of seconds after previous registration. -Timeout is expressed in seconds, and must be an integer. +So, a user that tries to register a new account from the same IP address or JID during +this number of seconds after his previous registration +will receive an error \term{resource-constraint} with the explanation: +``Users are not allowed to register accounts so quickly''. +The timeout is expressed in seconds, and it must be an integer. To disable this limitation, instead of an integer put a word like: \term{infinity}. Default value: 600 seconds. |