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----- Original Message -----
From: McCollough, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: <CF_porn>...
: Don't ISPs deal with this issue all the time? At least in the olden-days
: when internet access was expensive, people often pooled together and
bought
: a communal account. What did the ISPs do to block concurrent logins?
:
: Alan McCollough
: Web Programmer
: Alaska Native Medical Center
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Jason Lotz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:52 AM
: > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
: > Subject: RE: <CF_porn>...
: >
: > Jason,
: > I agree but consider this. If someone gives away there valid login
: > information, aren't they also a "bad user?" In other words, if I bought
: > an
: > account and gave the password to some friends I would not be suprised to
: > be
: > denied service at some point. I would assume that someone else was
logged
: > into my account and I would be right. Therefore, I don't think the
"good"
: > user v. "bad" user problem is actually an issue. Any thoughts?
: >
: > Jason
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Jason Egan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:45 AM
: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > Subject: RE: <CF_porn>...
: >
: >
: > I've written some only one login at a time scripts, but how would you
: > determine who was the 'bad' person logging in? By IP address? (or class
: > c)... Currently when someone logs in a flag is checked, and the time of
: > login. then with each action the time is updated. No one else can log
in
: > because the flag is set. If the person logged in - logs out, then the
: > flag
: > is reset and the account can be used again. If they forget to log out,
: > there was a problem, but then we rely on the time. If the time the
: > account
: > is trying to be accessed is 5 or more minutes later than the last action
: > performed by the previous person logged in, then they are permitted to
log
: > in. The session variables also expire after 5 minutes of inactivity, so
: > there is only one person logged in at a time.
: >
: > But again I ask, how do you determine the 'bad' user? I thought about
IP
: > restrictions, but it was for a job fair, so the user may be out n'
about.
: >
: > I do like Steve's idea however to change the pw and email the 'good'
user
: > the new pw.
: >
: > je
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Steve Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:09 AM
: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > Subject: Re: <CF_porn>...
: >
: >
: > I guess the question with this is.... which one do you allow or
: > disallow? What if the bad person logged in first and the good person
: > logged in within a couple minutes.... do you kick out the good person?
: > My thinking is that the account should get locked out somehow.
: >
: > Maybe after the account has been compromised, it would kick all users
: > that are using that account out, then email the good person with a new
: > password. That would require the bad person to have to also break into
: > the user's email account. This would probably work great as long as the
: > person's email account is not also compromised
: >
: > Steve Nelson
: >
: > Cameron Childress wrote:
: > >
: > > I would be interested in hearing about any solution you end up with.
: > For
: > > the record, I don't run any porn sites...
: > >
: > > An idea: I would think that disallowing two logins with the same
UN/PW
: > > would solve this problem.
: > >
: > > -Cameron
: > >
: > > -----Original Message-----
: > > From: Steve Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:36 AM
: > > To: Fusebox
: > > Subject: <CF_porn>...
: > >
: > > I have a slightly unusual question to ask.... Does anyone on this list
: > > manage a pornography site? (you can contact me off the list if you're
: > > weird about it)
: > >
: > > I'm asking, because I was just chatting with a CF developer who runs a
: > > porn site and he was talking about how everyone once in a while
someone
: > > will buy an account and post the username and password on some 'free
: > > password list' website and then his site crashes because it can't
handle
: > > the amount of requests.
: > >
: > > Anyway, if anyone has dealt with this issue, I'd love to chat about
how
: > > they got around it for a security module I'm working on, or brainstorm
: > > on potential solutions.
: > >
: > > Steve Nelson
: > >
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