At 09:23 PM 1/16/2006 -0600, Skel wrote:
>oh man, people stealing steam ids is annoying.. i had this one person in my
>server the other day that stole the steam id of one of my admins... yea that
>was fun... cuz then they had full admin through mani. this is like the 3rd
>time i have banned this person by ip, they keep comming back with a
>different, i know its the same person by how they boast and brag about it.
Forward the IP addresses to Alfred directly with an explanation.
Most DSL and cable companies use DHCP to hand out addresses, so they'll
change every few days if a user resets his modem and lets the lease time
expire. However, there are ways to track this and stealing Steam ID's
is likely in violation of his ISP's Terms of Use, so Valve will have
leverage to use on the ISP to get those logs and find the miscreant.
Valve can then ask that a static IP be assigned for a short time to get
this user's technique captured via a packet sniffer or the like.
The local ISP now has leverage on the miscreant -- disconnection of
service followed by a $75 re-connect fee as a new user if he wants
new service, and of course there's no discount rate at that time.
It's really up to the ISP, but you'd be amazed at how much fun most
network engineers consider it to mess with hackers and script kiddies
so I suspect Valve will have full cooperation.
Dan
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