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0 pointsabdullahkhalids5y ago0 comments

To be fair [emphasis mine]

> Upon receipt of a POST request containing the source and target parameters, the receiver SHOULD verify the parameters (see Request Verification below) and then SHOULD queue and process the request asynchronously, to prevent DoS attacks.

https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/REC-webmention-20170112/

Though, probably, this won't happen in practice. So better to be careful.

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Vinnl5y ago

Even if done asynchronously, if the link is not present the moment you send the WebMention, it can still happen between sending it and deploying it. But you're right, if the two are close together and a receiver is actually processing them asynchronously, it'll likely go well.

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0 pointsabdullahkhalids5y ago0 comments

To be fair [emphasis mine]

https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/REC-webmention-20170112/

Though, probably, this won't happen in practice. So better to be careful.

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Vinnl5y ago

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