https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37003
Mark A. Hershberger <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|Unprioritized |Normal Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |[email protected] Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #1 from Mark A. Hershberger <[email protected]> 2012-05-21 17:27:35 UTC --- (In reply to comment #0) > in many websites or forums they have tools that check computer serial number > such as hard drive or motherboard serial number and they block user by that > serial or similar ways to improve weakness of block tool. I think you're talking about using cookies to block users -- but then people could just delete the cookie to get past the block. This would work to a certain degree, but would have no affect on the determined malicious person. I am unaware of any way to find a way of identifying a computer uniquely aside from using cookies. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
