Re:NextTrace: An open source visual route tracking CLI tool
by DOGMATICA on Thursday November 14, 2024 @01:55AM
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Curious how the "NextTrace has been used for [number] times" banner works. Does it fire off a request to their site everytime it's used? (and if so, is it an over reaction to personally find that a little strange for a small-ish cli tool?)
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Re:NextTrace: An open source visual route tracking CLI tool
by lijunhao on Saturday November 16, 2024 @01:44AM
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I understand your concern and have consulted with the author.
When using the Nextrace API for IP geolocation, Nextrace performs Proof-of-Work (PoW) authentication first. Therefore, the website counts only these authentication requests.
Consequently, the statistics do not include requests using other IP APIs.