[Opensim-users] Griefer issue...

[John Sheridan]

I believe the viewer also adds in a third safe guard in combination with 
IP / MAC address.  Long ago while tinkering around with the viewer 
logins I remember seeing mentions of an ID0 floating around thats sent 
to the login service as part of the login data packet.  If I understood 
correctly, this is supposedly the UUID of the user's first hard drive - 
which in fact cannot be changed without physically replacing the drive 
itself (see http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Current_login_protocols).


On 02/25/2013 06:18 PM, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
> Yeah, I think like websites the only thing you can ultimately do is 
> ban by IP for a period.  Otherwise, they could always just create a 
> new account, change their MAC address, etc.  Of course, they can 
> change their IP too but this is the most hassle.
>
> On 25/02/13 17:51, Sarge Misfit wrote:
>> Other than banning by IP or MAC address, I don't know.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:51 AM, <opensiminfo at virtualrealmsgrid.com 
>> <mailto:opensiminfo at virtualrealmsgrid.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I see there has been a post about this issue before. My post here 
>> is two fold..   One is to apologize to the grids
>>     that have been victim to this and to request that other grids do 
>> not restrict hypergrid access from my grid.. Also
>>     to start a discussion about steps to prevent this in the 
>> future..   I have been notified yesterday and this morning
>>     I have a griefer registering on the Virtual Realms Grid then 
>> going to other grids to grieve them..  I have take
>>     steps to ensure this does not happen anymore..  I have restricted 
>> new user creations to administrative approval till
>>     we have sort out a good practical preventive measure on this type 
>> of abuse. And would like to extend an apology to
>>     any grid that have been a victim to this by any of the grids 
>> users..  I will be looking at ways to prevent this from
>>     happening in the future..  To this end any suggestions to help 
>> grids prevent this from happening would be welcomed..
>>
>>     Thank you,
>>     Todd Davis
>>     Grid Administrator
>>     Virtual Realms Grid..
>>
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