On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:53:22 +1200 Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 18/4/02 06:15, Chojin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Crowther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Chojin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [Coder-Com] Ban/Kill with fingerprint > > > > > >> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Chojin wrote: > >> > >>> what about ban/kill using fingerprint associated with a provider ? (I > > want > >>> to ban someone with *.aol.com associated with his fingerprint). > >> > >> What exactly do you mean by fingerprint? You can set klines and > >> bans on masks such as *@*.aol.com already. > >> > > > > > > I mean fingerprint is a sort a computer id and if I gline a users with > > *@*.aol.com with his fingeprint, even if user changes his IP (with isp > > reconnection) he is still glined because his fingerprint is glined. Other > > users from aol can join. > > > > -- > > Chojin > > > > > sorry but that doesn't answer the question... what is a fingerprint? and how > are the server's supposed to get it? I'm guessing he means MAC address. In the case of a dialup user, it'd be utterly pointless, because modems don't have MAC addresses.
