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HTTP delay and validate clients using javascript cookies when CPU overloaded

Problem this snippet solves: If CPU usage is over $::maxcpu (default 60%), send the client javascript that causes the client to delay a minimum of $::basedelay milliseconds (default 5000ms, i.e. 5 s...
Published Mar 18, 2015
Version 1.0
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Mar 20, 2020

Had to change the response because of errors:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html >
<head >
    <script >
        function redirect() {
            window.location=\"http://$location\";
        }
    </script >
</head >
<body onload=\"redirect()\" >
    <script >
        var end=Math.ceil($::basedelay*Math.random()) + $::basedelay;
        var start=new Date().getTime();
        for (var i=0; i < 1e7; i++) {
            if ((new Date().getTime() - start) > end) {
                break;
            }
        }
        document.cookie = \"$::cookie=$::token; path=/\";
    </script >
</body >
</html >
" "Content-Type" "text/html"

Mostly adding space before the > sign