[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

You're assuming the software waits for one forum to finish before moving on to another. There is no logical reason they couldn't hit 100 forums at once and even if they wait 30 seconds, that is 100 forums * 2 a minute * 60 minutes = 1200 an hour. Slowing down the time it takes to register is a trivial change that will have a negligible impact in the long run.

This is all assuming they will track their failures and take the time to determine the source of the failure. Figuring out it's time based is the first challenge. Then figuring out what delay to set is the other. Variables there include page load time, and the setting of the timeout for each individual site. They would almost have to program a 60 second delay between the time the registration form loads, and clicking "submit," to bypass all those variables.

• They don't know your time setting and..
• They don't and can't know what kind of pageload times they're going to see.

I have no doubt that as the time based test becomes more popular, botnet admins and botnet software designers will try to do a workaround. Problem is, they won't be all that aware of all the variables involved. Your individual setting, variable page load times - they would almost have to program in a 60 second delay in their bots. Multiply that times let's say, 10,000 bots in a botnet and that is ALOT of lost minutes. And time IS money for these creeps.