[Opensim-users] Griefer issue...

[Dahlia Trimble]

the viewer could send a false uuid in place of the hard drive uuid without
necessarily modifying the hard drive

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:10 PM, John Sheridan <john at pseudospace.net> wrote:

> 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<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@**virtualrealmsgrid.com<opensiminfo at virtualrealmsgrid.com><mailto:
>>> opensiminfo@**virtualrealmsgrid.com <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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