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O.P. More banning!
If a person that is banned and tries to make a new account, it wont let them and it'll make the banned account perm banned.
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01-27-2007 10:44 PM
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There's no reliable way to automatically detect duplicate accounts... :dodgy:
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There's no reliable way to automatically detect duplicate accounts... :dodgy:
By there IP?
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01-27-2007 10:46 PM
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IP addresses can be dynamic, and people can use proxies.
01-27-2007 10:48 PM
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RE: More banning!
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There's no reliable way to automatically detect duplicate accounts... :dodgy:
By there IP?
Well, duh. The person can disconnect and re-connect, clear their cookies, etc. :P

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01-27-2007 10:48 PM
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RE: More banning!
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There's no reliable way to automatically detect duplicate accounts... :dodgy:
By there IP?
Not good idea, remember IP's usually changes.

I got an vandalism on WikiPedia on my IP :P

I hadn't done anything. ;)
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RE: More banning!
Would there be a way to detect MAC Addresses (Not sure if they're dynamic too :S)?

I can see a flaw in that, but I might not describe it here (Can't find the right words *-) and it might turn out to be a brilliant hacking idea :o )

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01-28-2007 03:24 AM
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Would there be a way to detect MAC Addresses
No, not over the internet. :p
01-28-2007 03:30 AM
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Would there be a way to detect MAC Addresses (Not sure if they're dynamic too )?
MAC addresses are not dynamic, but can be soft-configured (changed) on virtually all modern network cards.  The option to do so is burried pretty deep in advanced properties, but it is there.  While configuring a MAC address this way doesn't permanently change the hardware MAC address burned into an EPROM somewhere, it will override that for all intents and purposes, including reading the MAC address through any Windows API.

This security challenge has come up before many times -- there is no way to reliably ban someone from any site or service that accepts open registrations.  There are no technical solutions to that; the only way you can make it work is by requiring real life identification (e.g. faxed drivers license or validated credit card).

Additionally, as WDZ points out, the MAC address can't be read over the Internet, except by installing some sort of client software on the user's machine.

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01-28-2007 06:22 AM
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IP addresses can be dynamic, and people can use proxies.
And there could be family members who come online from the same pc.
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