Question about IP logging... - by Despot
Despot on 21/8/2000 at 01:16
Curious: what's the point of logging an IP address, since most dial-up servers assign IPs dynamically?
Or does it log the IP of the server, and banning an IP bans all people using that ISP?
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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Saam on 21/8/2000 at 03:15
Well, with IP logging, we can ban ISP's. For instance, if someone that we want to ban has the ip address of 255.260.240.23, we can ban: "255.260.*.*" or something like that. That can translate to anyone that uses AOL, or any other service provider.
Also, since more and more people are getting high-speed connections, which usually use static IP addresses, we can ban them as well.
Adam on 21/8/2000 at 17:49
so if one idoit from freeserve comes online and recks the forums, everyone on freeserve gets banned? isn't that abit harsh?
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/eek.gifi know you have to protect the forum from abusive posts but isn't there a better way?
-Adam
Saam on 21/8/2000 at 18:55
That's my point, we can either ban a single IP or a whole domain of IP's. Since the internet still respect's people's privacy, tracking people down is still a bit hard, but this is a good step forward.
Despot on 22/8/2000 at 02:52
But, banning a single IP wouldn't do much good, since there's still a lot of people with dynamically assigned IPs, right?
If so, you're basically stuck banning a domain...
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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
[This message has been edited by Despot (edited August 21, 2000).]
Saam on 22/8/2000 at 03:11
Yeah, basically banning someone is pretty difficult to maintain.
Despot on 22/8/2000 at 13:29
Alright, thanks for explaining that...
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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
