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 <[email protected]> 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<[email protected]><mailto: >>> opensiminfo@**virtualrealmsgrid.com <[email protected]>>> >>> 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.. >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Opensim-users mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:Opensim-users@lists.** >>> berlios.de <[email protected]>> >>> >>> https://lists.berlios.de/**mailman/listinfo/opensim-users<https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Opensim-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.berlios.de/**mailman/listinfo/opensim-users<https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users> >>> >>> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/**mailman/listinfo/opensim-users<https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users> >
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