?How about two systems? An introductory/open system, and a second system available only to those people who have not abused the first?
(I won't go into practical details, it's just the basic idea I'm tentatively proposing. It could be a complete non-runner for fundamental reasons I'm not aware of)/. Mally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Olson" <curtol...@gmail.com> To: "FlightGear developers discussions" <flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Ridding Multiplayer of Abusers > It would not be dissimilar from the forum, or the wiki or any other CMS. > All those systems need to deal with user management and authentication, > and > as soon as the flightgear MP starts ruling the world, we'll probably see > spambots too. Once we start attracting spammers then do we still consider > it a free world where a social solution and peer pressure is the best > option? You are right though that it could be a large project. On the > other hand, there is a lot of systems that do authentication ... maybe > there > are some modules available that we could just plug in and use that > wouldn't > require starting from scratch? > > I'm not saying this is what we *should* do, I was merely suggesting that > it's a possible route we could take, and perhaps with some small tweaks to > the MP protocol we could easily support authenticated servers. > > Would it be bad if a user had a choice between the open free for all we > currently have and a more constrained and managed system (that someone has > taken the time to build and continues to manage.) > > Regards, > > Curt. > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Martin Spott wrote: > >> Curtis Olson wrote: >> >> > Another thought. I know it would be a huge effort to setup a system >> > with >> > user id's and passwords, self registration, [...] >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> To be honest, I'd expect those who deliberately are being rude will >> just create a new account after they've been locked out. This requires >> someone to perform continuous maintenance on the system. >> If you/we are really serious about setting up an authentication system, >> then there's probably no other suitable means expect from introducing >> some initial test/exam .... which, as well, requires a huge effort to >> set up and maintain. That would be a project on its own. >> >> Cheers, >> Martin. >> -- >> Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are >> ! >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 >> The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly >> Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run >> across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Flightgear-devel mailing list >> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel >> > > > > -- > Curtis Olson: > http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ > http://www.flightgear.org - > http://www.flightgear.org/blogs/category/curt/<http://www.flightgear.org/blogs/category/personal/curt/> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 > The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly > Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run > across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1136 / Virus Database: 422/3207 - Release Date: 10/19/10 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1136 / Virus Database: 422/3207 - Release Date: 10/19/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
