MySQL Bugs: #20605: Make project views counter more robust

Bug #20605	Make project views counter more robust
Submitted:	21 Jun 2006 12:45	Modified:	21 Feb 2014 19:43
Reporter:	Lenz Grimmer	Email Updates:
Status:	Unsupported	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Websites: MySQLForge	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:		OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
Each project in the Forge project directory has a "# Views" counter. Currently, this one can very easily be increased by simple reloading the project view page frequently. Please implement some kind of protection (e.g. by setting a cookie), that reduces the risk of such abuse.

How to repeat:
View any project and reload the page several times. Observe the View counter increasing with each reload.

Suggested fix:
Not sure, maybe by using a cookie?

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